Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), prepare for the Navy-wide E-5 advancement exam at James D. Kelly Fleet Recreation Center.

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Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), prepare for the Navy-wide E-5 advancement exam at James D. Kelly Fleet Recreation Center.

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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Mar. 09, 2017) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), prepare for the Navy-wide E-5 advancement exam at James D. Kelly Fleet Recreation Center. Ronald Reagan is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, providing a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tyler D. John) File# 170309-N-II672-074

Carriers

Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.