210531-N-JK118-1059 PHILIPPINE SEA (May 31, 2021) Gunner’s Mate Seaman Brendan Schwehr, left, from Springfield, Illinois, and Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Braden McDonald from Colquitt, Georgia, fire a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise on the fantail of 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, as well as the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region.

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