SOUTH PACIFIC (July 7, 2017) Airman Michael Pate dries an E-2D Hawkeye, from the Tigertails of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125, after a wash down on the flight deck of the Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, is on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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