PHILIPPINE SEA (September 18, 2018) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Kiara Webb, from Houston, performs pre-flight checks as an MH-60R Sea Hawk assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 77 takes off from the flight deck of the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during Valiant Shield 2018. The biennial, only, field-training exercise focuses on integration of joint training among the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. This is the seventh exercise in the Valiant Shield series that began in 2006.

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