Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Falvo serves on the USS Gerald R. Ford, the newest aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, a ship longer than three football fields and the first in a new class of carriers. The Ford and other Navy vessels have carried the Utica native and 1991 Utica Senior Academy around the world.

“I have been stationed in Virginia, Japan, Hawaii and Germany,” Falvo said. “I have visited North America, Central America, Europe, Asia and my favorite — Australia. The Navy opened opportunities for me to meet people and visit places I never would have otherwise had the chance for.”