PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 4, 2021) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Cristo Barboza, left, from San Antonio, and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Larry Howard, from Chicago, prepare to hoist ordnance in a weapons magazine aboard 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.)