220709-N-UF592-1072 PHILIPPINE SEA (July 9, 2022) Gunner’s Mate Seaman Joshua Barraza, from Porterville, California, prepares to fire a shot line to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) from the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a fueling-at-sea. 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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