PHILIPPINE SEA (June 28, 2022) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fueling) Airman Alec Pingel, from Plato, Missouri, assigned to the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), uses as sound-powered telephone during a fueling-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202). 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 Natasha ChevalierLosada)