PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 25, 2023) Chief Logistics Specialist Aaron Justin Azuma, from Hesperia, California, speaks to Filipino media outlets in the hangar bay of the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 25. 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 Heather McGee)