Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jumar Balacy
United States/United Kingdom Mine Countermeasures Exercise II Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Transport
Commander Task Force 56
April 15, 2013 | 5:39
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 video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jumar T. Balacy/Released) Also available in high definition
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