Petty Officer 1st Class John Paul Cacal, aviation boatswain's mate (handling), a Sailor aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan sits on top of a water buffalo during the Phuket city explorer Moral Welfare and Recreation sponsored tour. The tour included interaction with water buffalos, monkeys, and demonstrations on how to make rubber and grind rice like the locals. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Operating in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, the U.S. 7th Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets covering 52 million square miles, with approximately 50 ships, 120 aircraft and 20,000 Sailors and Marines assigned at any given time.