190523-N-JK118-1087 PHILIPPINE SEA (May 23, 2019) Sailors assigned to the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) cut a cake to celebrate 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)