PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 3, 2022) Gunner’s Mate Seaman Trevor Templeton, left, from Ventura County, California, and Gunner’s Mate Seaman Arianna Bosley, from Houston, load an M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun for a live-fire exercise on the fantail of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the Philippine Sea, Dec. 3, 2022. 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Oswald Felix Jr.)