Seaman Carlos Diaz, from Minneapolis, Minnesota stands port watch on the bridge wing of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

An F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115 prepares to launch from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordinance Mobile Unit 5 conduct static rappel training aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

Rear Adm. Christopher Engdahl, center, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, greets the side boys prior to a tour aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16).

Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Matthew Deluca, from Cincinnati, prepares ribs for dinner aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 16.

America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) deployed June 10 for scheduled routine operations across the Indo-Pacific.

Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Alan Jackson, from Jackson, Ga., signals to tension span wire during a replenishment at sea with Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 11.

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) conducts routine operations in the Philippine Sea.

he Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is operating in the South China Sea for the first time during its 2021 deployment, June 14.

The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard areconducting integrated operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support ofthe Tri-Service Maritime Strategy.

An F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102 launches from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

Machinist’s Mate Fireman Dallas Smalls from North Charleston, South Carolina, performs maintenance on a washer extractor aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

Sailors move cargo on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during a replenishment-at-sea with dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 10).

Sailors signal to dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) from the hangar bay of the U.S. Navy’s only forward deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during a replenishment-at-sea.

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet hosted the Initial Planning Conference for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 at Naval Base Point Loma, June 1 to 10.

The first DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer to be built in the Flight III configuration, the future Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), was successfully launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding division, June 4.

Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Samuel Paparo met with Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 Rear Adm. Will Pennington and warfare commanders from CSG-5 aboard the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), June 9.

Mineman 1st Class Andrew R. Lemke, from Antioch, IL., controls a small boat crane console during rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) operations aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16).

Mineman 3rd Class Dalton Miller, from Mount Union, Pa., shows the chains to the pilots of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 assigned to Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 6.

Senior Chief Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) Jake Senn, left, from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., assigned to Helicopter Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, escorts Capt. Tom Ogden, commodore of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, from a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter during flight operations aboard Independence-variant

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) Airman Apprentice Isaiah Staley, from San Diego, checks a purifying drain tank in a jet propulsion pump room on the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Trenton B. Coble, right, from Edgewood, Texas, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, utilizes a rescue hoist on a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter during a training evolution with Task Group 75.1/ Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5

APRA HARBOR, Guam (June 3, 2021) Capt. Tom Ogden, commodore of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, delivers remarks during an exchange of command ceremony onboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16). During the ceremony, Cmdr. Brandon J. Cornes, Tulsa Blue crew’s commanding

Sailors assigned to Task Group 75.1/Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 keep tension on a line attached to a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, during a repel training evolution on CTG 75.1/EODMU 5’s compound.

Mineman 3rd Class Hunter Auslander, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., dons a fire fighter ensemble a during damage control training exercise aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 2.