160511-N-YD641-111 WATERS EAST OF JAPAN (May 11, 2016) Airman Rahim Purmul, from Raleigh, North Carolina, operates a weapons elevator during an ammunition on-load in the hangar bay of the U.S Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). 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-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew Riggs/Released)