Petty Officer 1st Class Malcom Hines (center), from Polk County, North Carolina, assigned to the “Dambusters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, supervises the loading of 20 mm ammunition onto an F/A-18E Super Hornet aboard the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The F/A-18E Super Hornet is equipped with a nose-mounted M6182 cannon that fires 20 mm rounds. Ronald Reagan, the Carrier Strike Group Five flagship, is on patrol supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class James Lee/Released)

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