190626-N-CL027-1029 SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 26, 2019) Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Jamaal Nixon (left), from Los Angeles, and Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Jalen Gilkey, from San Bernardino, California, perform maintenance on a mess decks refrigerator aboard the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Janweb B. Lagazo/Released)