YOKOSUKA, JAPAN-On our planet, more than 70 percent of which is covered by water, being there means having the ability to act from the sea. The Navy is uniquely positioned to be there; the world’s oceans give the Navy the power to protect America’s interests anywhere, and at any time. Your Navy protects and defends America on the world’s oceans. Navy ships, submarines, aircraft and, most importantly, tens of thousands of America’s finest young men and women are deployed around the world doing just that. They are there now. They will be there when we are sleeping tonight. They will be there every Saturday, Sunday and holiday this year. They are there around the clock, far from our shores, defending America at all times.
Serving aboard the USS Roald Reagan is a Florence native, Machinery Repairman Jacob Melton. The USS Ronald Reagan is a combat-ready aircraft carrier stationed in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
Machinery Repairman Fireman Jacob Melton from Florence, Alabama, uses a rubber mallet to hammer a metal bar into a lathe aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
media release/Navy Office of Community Outreach/Rick Burke, Public Affairs Specialist
