[Kathy in Alaska]

SPRINKLER TEST — At sea aboard Precommissioning Unit Ronald Reagan May 7, damage controlmen inspect the ship’s hangar bay damage control sprinkler systems during functional tests at sea. Reagan is conducting a scheduled ship builder sea trial off the coast of Virginia. Ronald Reagan is scheduled to join the fleet during commissioning ceremonies on July 12. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Rusty Black

WEATHER BALLOON — At sea aboard Precommissioning Unit Ronald Reagan, Petty Officer 3rd Class Timothy Dowd stands by to release a radiosonde attached to a weather balloon. A radiosonde is an instrument carried by a balloon up through the atmosphere, equipped with sensors to measure one or several meteorological variables (pressure, temperature, humidity, etc.), and is fitted with a radio transmitter for sending this information to the observing station. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Janell Blose.

[Kathy in Alaska]

LAID TO REST — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper consoles Sarah following her husband’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery here May 14. Airman 1st Class Raymond Losano, 24, was killed April 25 during a firefight in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. He was a tactical air command and control specialist assigned to the 14th Air Support Operation Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Whittington

Rip Airman 1st Class Losano