Official keel laying of the Military Sealift (MSC) strategic heavy lift ship USNS PILLARU (T-AKR 304) at the Avondale Shipyard. Left to right: Lenin Fernandez, Avondale Inc.; Richard Allen, Avondale; Joey Forest, Avondale; Don Stewart MSC; Rob Kuehnel, Avondale; Chad Hawkins, MSC; Carey Agregaard, Avondale; James Person, MSC; Joe Harry, Avondale; John Lusk, MSC; Mark Sealer, MacGregor Inc.; Larry Broadlee, Avondale; Aldean Chapli, MSC; V.J. Rome, Avondale; Douglas LeBlanc, Avondale; Norman Brown, Avondale Industries, Inc