220218-N-SI601-1046 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Feb. 18, 2022) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Corey De La Cruz, from Alamogordo, New Mexico, uses a bridge crane while securing an anchor chain in the forecastle aboard the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). 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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