INDIAN OCEAN (July 18, 2023) The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), steams in formation with the USS Robert Smalls (CG 62), and Indonesian navy diponegoro-class corvettes KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda (367) and the KRI Sultan Hasanuddin (366) in the Indian Ocean, July 18, 2023. 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 Timothy Dimal)