Military.com:
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The USS Ronald Reagan is officially on patrol, nearly two weeks after the Navy announced its deployment would be delayed because of a “material issue.”
Sailors manned the rails Tuesday as the nation’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier sailed out of its Yokosuka homeport. Still within eyeshot of the naval base, two service members lowered an American flag to shift to underway colors before the Ronald Reagan sailed further into Tokyo Bay.
The carrier and its strike group — which includes the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin and guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville — will train in 7th Fleet’s area of operations while “supporting security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region,” a Navy statement said.
