PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 27, 2021) Lt. j.g. Jamie Ary, from Hazel Green, Alabama, instructs Sailors on how to knit during a mental health awareness event on the mess decks of the U.S. 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, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman George Cardenas)