PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 4, 2020) Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Isaiah Koschnitzke, from Port Heron, Mich., conducts final checks on an E-2D Hawkeye, attached to the Tigertails of Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 125, prior to launching from the flight deck of the Navy's only 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 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 2nd Class Erica Bechard)