USS Ronald Reagan Efficiency "E" award for the West Coast, the first Battle "E" ever for the carrier. "Ronald Reagan" returned to Naval Air Station North Island on 20 April 2007, following the three-month deployment in support of operations in the Western Pacific. On 15 December 2007, the carrier answered a distress call from a cruise ship off the coast of Baja California. An Illinois teenager whose appendix had ruptured while on a Mexican cruise was airlifted by an SH-60 helicopter to "Ronald Reagan", where an emergency appendectomy was performed by the ship's surgeon. USS "Ronald Reagan", with CVW-14 embarked, departed San Diego
USS Ronald Reagan Battle Efficiency Award. On 28 May 2009, "Ronald Reagan" deployed with Carrier Air Wing 14 to the 7th and 5th Fleet Areas of Responsibility. "Ronald Reagan" relieved the CSG and launched her first sorties in support of OEF on 6 July. "Ronald Reagan" returned to homeport on 21 October after a five-month deployment. In early 2010, "Ronald Reagan" was awarded the 2009 Chief of Naval Operations Afloat Safety "S" Award, and the 2009 Pacific Fleet Battle "E" for combat efficiency. The Battle "E" award was "Ronald Reagan"s second consecutive and third in four years. On 19 May 2010, Norfolk Naval