PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 4, 2023) Sailors brace for the launch of an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102 on the flight deck aboard the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during flight operations in support of Multi-Large Deck Exercise with the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181) in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 4, 2023. Multi-Large Deck Exercise with the Carl Vinson and Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups and the JMSDF demonstrates the U.S. Navy's capability to rapidly aggregate to deliver overwhelming maritime force and increase collective war-fighting readiness in support of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caroline H. Lui)