US Navy photo
United States Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), is patrolling the Western Pacific as of June 26. She is homeported in Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan.
Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
The Western Pacific or the US Navy 7th Fleet area of operation includes 36 maritime countries and the world’s five largest foreign armed forces, People’s Republic of China, Russia, India, North Korea and Republic of Korea. Moreover, five of the seven US Mutual Defense Treaties are this area namely Republic of the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Japan, and Thailand.