Keywords: United States-United Kingdom Minecountermeasures Exercise II 130415-N-GG400-005.jpg en Personnel assigned to Commander Task Group 52 3 prepare an unmanned underwater vehicle for transport during the United States and United Kingdom Mine Countermeasures Exercise II aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base Interim USS Ponce AFSB I 15 Formerly designated as an amphibious transport dock LPD Ponce was recently converted and reclassified to fulfill a longstanding U S Central Command request for an Afloat Forward Staging Base to be forward deployed to the U S 5th Fleet area of responsibility U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jumar T Balacy/Released 2013-04-15 Petty Officer 3rd Class Jumar Balacy https //www dvidshub net/image/917815 130415-N-GG400-005 2013-04-29 10 46 U S 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY PD-USGov-Military-Navy Autonomous underwater vehicles Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ USS Ponce LPD-15 |