Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Shelby Hochmuth signals for the launch of an E-2D Hawkeye aircraft assigned to Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 on the flight deck of the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during Valiant Shield 2018 in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 20, 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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