240616-N-BE723-1005 PHILIPPINE SEA — Seaman Davon Vileenor, from Lauderhill, Florida, operates a sound-powered telephone while on watch on vulture’s row aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), as part of operations in support of Valiant Shield 2024, in the Philippine Sea, June 16. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allow the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service and with our allies to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.