PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 30, 2021) The guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106), left, and the guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) approach the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) to conduct a replenishment-at-sea while an MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, conducts a vertical replenishment between Washington Chambers and 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 3rd Class Oswald Felix Jr.)