190523-N-JK118-1070 PHILIPPINE SEA (May 23, 2019) Capt. David Pollard, executive officer of the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) tries the national dance of the Philippines, the tinikling, during a celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month on the aft mess decks. Ronald Reagan provides a combat-ready force, which protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Thomas Leishman)