YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 16, 2024) Capt. Daryle Cardone, center, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), and Command Master Chief Tychicious Turner, right, command master chief of USS Ronald Reagan, cut a cake with Sailors during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration on the aft mess decks while in-port Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Jan. 16. 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.

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