PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 3, 2020) The Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conducts a live-fire exercise of its Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, as well as the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Quinton A. Lee)