200717-N-YQ181-1085 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 17, 2020) Lt. Kristin Hope, left, from Ogden, Utah, and Lt. Michael Watson, from Elverson, Pennsylvania, signal an E-2D Hawkeye assigned to the Tigertails of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). VAW-125 is attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, America’s only forward deployed air wing. CVW 5 is embarked aboard Ronald Reagan conducting operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Askia Collins/Released)