Hazleton sailor part of U.S.S. Reagan crew

PETTY OFFICER 3RD CLASS BENJAMIN HURNER / SPECIAL TO SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class James Bugda, of Hazleton, takes apart a .240 caliber machine gun in the armory aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while in port Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington, April 29, 2025.
BREMERTON, Wash. – A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is undergoing scheduled maintenance, and a sailor from Hazleton is part of the crew working on it.
The Navy shared with the Sentinel a photo of James Bugda, Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class, performing work in the armory aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ronald Reagan. The ship is in port at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton in Washington.
The ship, the Navy says, is undergoing scheduled maintenance at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility.