220512-N-BR419-1004 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 12, 2022) Sailors load a .50 caliber machine gun on the fantail of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during a live-fire exercise. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

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