Life aboard the USS Ronald Reagan

Christopher Ellis, 21, a Naples resident, lives and works aboard the USS Ronald Reagan, a 97,000 ton air carrier. Ellis will blog each week about his life on the ship, and what it's like to be so far away from home.

• A surprise brightens a sailor's day Posted 9/17/2009 at 11:01 a.m. 0 comments

  Christopher Ellis gets a surprise aboard the USS Ronald Reagan that brightens his day.

• Another day at sea, a million things to do at home Posted 9/8/2009 at 3:35 p.m. 0 comments

  Life on land doesn't stop when you're in the Navy.

• A busy Monday aboard the USS Ronald Reagan Posted 9/1/2009 at 1:39 p.m. 0 comments

  Every day is a long one when you're home is a floating city.

• A day in the life of an air traffic controller Posted 8/24/2009 at 1:26 p.m. 0 comments

  Christopher Ellis, a 21-year-old Navy Air Traffic Controller, 3rd Class, is one of 48 controllers spending their days and nights making sure planes land safely on the 4.5-acre flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan. He blogs once a week about what it's like to live and work aboard the ship.