220812-N-BR419-1056 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 12, 2022) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Desirae Malendrez, from Merced, California, assigned to the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) observes a fueling-at-sea with USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) in the Philippine Sea, Aug 12. 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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