220918-N-JO823-1058 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 18, 2022) Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Nathaniel Ramirez, from Dallas, fabricates sheet metal on the universal punch machine in the machine repair shop aboard the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 18. 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.

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