PHILIPPIINE SEA (May 16, 2021) Honors are rendered between the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force guided-missile destroyer JS Maya (DDG 179) and the Navy�s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while steaming together. 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 region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackie Hart)