USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conducts fueling-at-sea with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114)

240604-N-SI601-1055 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 4, 2024) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), steams alongside the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during a fueling-at-sea with in the Philippine Sea, June 4. 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel G. Providakes)