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