Keywords: USS Ponce operations 100829-N-YX169-141.jpg en Newly frocked Navy Bosun ™s Mate 3rd Class back right watches as the First Class petty officers on board USS Ponce LPD 15 tack on his crows rank insignia for him on board the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce LPD 15 after the ship got under way from Morehead City N C August 29 2010 after on-loading elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit MEU Tacking on is a tradition that goes back hundreds of years and involved the higher-raking sailors putting together the first uniform for a junior sailor who had been promoted The Ponce is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Readiness Group KSG ARG which consists of the USS Kearsarge LHD 3 USS Carter Hall LSD 3 and USS Ponce along with the 26th MEU The ARG is bringing food water and heavy-lift equipment in support of the humanitarian relief efforts for flood victims in Pakistan U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller 2010-08-29 Petty Officer 1st Class Nathanael T Miller https //www dvidshub net/image/1159170 100829-N-YX169-141 2014-01-31 07 18 USS PONCE LPD 15 AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit USS Carter Hall LSD-50 USS Kearsarge LHD-3 USS Ponce LPD-15 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |