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An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from USS Ronald Reagan while operating in the Philippine Sea by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Via Flickr: PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 24, 2020) - An F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 launches from the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, as well as the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Oswald Felix Jr.) 201024-N-BR419-2078 ** Interested in following U.S. Indo-Pacific Command? Engage and connect with us at www.facebook.com/indopacom | twitter.com/INDOPACOM | www.instagram.com/indopacom | www.flickr.com/photos/us-pacific-command; | www.youtube.com/user/USPacificCommand | www.pacom.mil/ **

200916-N-DL524-1089 by U.S. Pacific Fleet Via Flickr: PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 16, 2020) Aviation Boatswain’s Mates (Equipment) retract an arresting wire after an EA-18G Growler, attached to the Shadowhawks of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141, lands on the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in support of Valiant Shield 2020. Valiant Shield is a U.S. only, biennial field training exercise (FTX) with a focus on integration of joint training in a blue-water environment among U.S. forces. This training enables real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land and in cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Erica Bechard)

200904-N-DL524-2125 by U.S. Pacific Fleet Via Flickr: PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 4, 2020) An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, launches from the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, as well as the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Erica Bechard)

Sailors handle lines as USS Rushmore (LSD 47) moors pierside at Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan. by Official U.S. Navy Page Via Flickr: SASEBO, Japan (Nov. 17, 2021) Sailors assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan (CFAS) handle lines as the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) moors pierside at CFAS, Nov. 17, 2021, becoming the newest addition to the forward-deployed naval forces. Rushmore relieves another Whidbey Island-class ship, USS Germantown (LSD 42), which departed Sasebo Sept. 15, 2021, after more than a decade of forward-deployed naval forces service. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeremy Graham) 211117-N-HI376-1012