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Talk About a Recruiting Poster

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STRAIT OF MALACCA (June 18, 2021) The Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits the South China Sea with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67). Reagan is part of Task Force 70/Carrier Strike Group 5, conducting underway operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rawad Madanat) 210618-N-JW440-2053

The Reagan CSG, made up of Destroyer Squadron 15, Carrier Air Wing 5, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), and Commander, Task Force 70, has lately been spinning up in the Indian Ocean, covering the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Five nations, four flattops

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April 18, 2002: Naval vessels from five nations sail in parade formation for a rare photographic opportunity at sea in the Mediterranean. US Navy Photo 020418-N-1587C-030 by U.S. Navy/PH3 Alta I. Cutler. 

In four descending columns, from left to right: Italian frigate ITS Maestrale (F 570), French destroyer De Grasse (D 612); Nimitz-class supercarrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), French nuclear powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91), French frigate Surcouf (F 711); Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG-73), Royal Navy amphibious assault ship HMS Ocean (L12), USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), Italian destroyer ITS Luigi Durand de la Penne (D560); and Dutch frigate HNLMS Van Amstel (F 831).