EAST CHINA SEA (Aug. 10, 2020) Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Zheng Liu, from Los Angeles, performs maintenance on the ship’s whistle atop the mast of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Allen Shepherd (T-AKE 3). 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 Thomas Floyd Leishman)