210625-N-NY362-1026 ARABIAN SEA (June 25, 2021) Quartermaster Seaman Kevin Hernandez, from Dover, New Jersey, prepares to raise a navigation flag aboard the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5 and is deployed to the 5th Fleet Area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian ocean and three strategic choke points.

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