Sailors aboard the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan held a wreath-laying ceremony in commemoration of the WWII Battle of the Coral Sea on July 26, a year after the wreckage of the USS Lexington (CV-2) was discovered in the Pacific. Cmdr. Jennifer Bowden, Ronald Reagan’s chaplain, said the Battle of the Coral Sea Commemorative Association invited representatives from the Reagan to meet families connected to the battle during a recent port visit to Brisbane, Australia, for Talisman Sabre 2019. The association presented the Reagan’s crew with the wreath used during the ceremony. “It’s really to commemorate the efforts of the U.S. to protect Australia because they still find great value in what we did,” she said. Read more on the Navy Outreach blog.