PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 15, 2022) Chief Warrant Officer 2 Francis Supnet, from Stockton, California, secures a pelican hook onto a sliding padeye aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during a fueling-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204), in the Philippine Sea. 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.)