Hometown Heroes Serving Abroad: Zachary Scaife Aboard the USS Ronald Reagan
Townsquare Media - Texarkana salutes our hometown heroes wherever they may serve. The guy in green above is Aviation Boatswain's mate 3rd Class Zachary Scaife from Oil City, LA. aboard the USS Ronald Reagan... Salute!
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Underway Operations
201022-N-RF825-1022 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 22, 2020) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Zachary Scaife, from Oil City, Louisiana, stands watch monitoring arresting gear systems on the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, as well as the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Tarleton)
We love it when we get the chance to feature our local heroes doing everyday jobs in the military. Can you imagine all of the everyday-type jobs there must be on a floating city of 5000'ish sailors like the USS Ronald Reagan?
Join the Navy and see the world, or at least all the wet parts anyway. Go Navy!