Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - Sailor gestures from the foc’sle of USS Ponce to the tug boat Fort Caswell.jpg MOREHEAD CITY N C May 12 2011 Boatswain ™s Mate 3rd Class James Thompson center gestures from the foc ™sle of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce LPD 15 to the tug boat Fort Caswell as Ponce approaches Morehead City N C for its first landfall in the U S following a nearly nine-month deployment Ponce is in Morehead City to offload the elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit 26th MEU and the 1st Battalion 2nd Marine Regiment that had been embarked aboard the ship Ponce was operating as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U S 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller/Released 110512-N-7293M-064 http //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/5764379205/ Sailor gestures from the foc ™sle of USS Ponce to the tug boat Fort Caswell 2011-05-12 15 44 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America MC1 AW Nathanael Miller/U S Navy Attribution License IPTC Source Navy Visual News Service PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/5764379205 2012-11-15 09 51 30 cc-by-2 0 Images from United States Navy to check |