PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 2, 2022) – Senior Chief Gunner’s Mate Bryan Hagenberger, right, from Norfolk, Va., observes Capt. Daryle Cardone, center, commanding officer of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), as he fires an M240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise on the fantail, in the Philippine Sea. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group. (CSG) 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.