Gunner’s Mate Seaman Apprentice Hunter Jones, from Shoals, serving on USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the San Bernardino Strait

SAN BERNARDINO STRAIT – U.S. Navy sailors serve and protect from around the globe, and every sailor got their start somewhere.

Gunner’s Mate Seaman Apprentice Hunter Jones. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Askia Collins

Gunner’s Mate Seaman Apprentice Hunter Jones, from Shoals, Indiana, cleans a Mark 38 receiver in the armory aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the San Bernardino Strait, July 30.

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.