220614-N-DW158-2060 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 14, 2022) Brig. Gen. Akshai Gandhi, Chief of Staff, South Carolina Air National Guard, observes an E-2D Hawkeye attached to the Tigertails of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125, land on the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), after the aircraft returned from a joint maritime strike rehearsal to demonstrate service components’ fires and effects capabilities in the maritime environment during exercise Valiant Shield 22 (VS 22). . Exercises such as Valiant Shield allow the Indo-Pacific C
220614-N-DW158-2060 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 14, 2022) Brig. Gen. Akshai Gandhi, Chief of Staff, South Carolina Air National Guard, observes an E-2D Hawkeye attached to the Tigertails of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125, land on the flight deck of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), after the aircraft returned from a joint maritime strike rehearsal to demonstrate service components’ fires and effects capabilities in the maritime environment during exercise Valiant Shield 22 (VS 22). . Exercises such as Valiant Shield allow the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Task Force the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct long-range, precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Task Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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