160816-N-WA993-122 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Aug. 16, 2016)

160816-N-WA993-122 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Aug. 16, 2016) Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class (SW/AW/IW) Zhong Yang, from Santa Monica, California, isolates a ground, a common return path for electricity to safely discharge, on a shipboard announcement system for a navigation and signal panel, while Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class Joez Cetti, from Statesboro, Georgia, holds a mulitmeter in the navigation bridge of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan provides combat-ready force, which protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James Lee/Released)