160910-N-WA993-093 PHILIPPINE SEA Fire Controlman 2nd Class Corey Pearson, from Council Bluffs, Iowa, poses for a photograph on top of a NATO missile launcher on the port catwalk of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan. The NATO missile launcher is part of an air defense weapon system that holds eight Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles. “I like that I get to work with weapons systems every day,” said Pearson. “I know we are an important line of defense for the ship.” Ronald Reagan, the Carrier Strike Group Five flagship, is on patrol in the Philippine Sea supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. 
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Sept. 10, 2016
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