Sgt. Emily Torrence, the lead Female Engagement Team
Sgt. Emily Torrence, the lead Female Engagement Team member with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, follows instructions from Cpl. Brandy Johnson during a searching class on the flig... More
Seaman Andrew Myers, left, Seaman Apprentice Andrew
Seaman Andrew Myers, left, Seaman Apprentice Andrew Meade, airman, and Seaman Apprentice Jacob Gibson wash the ramp of the upper vehicle storage bay aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce. Ponce is part... More
Lance Corporals Dominick Talio and Crecencio Alvarez
Lance Corporals Dominick Talio and Crecencio Alvarez mark that a combat tourniquet was placed on Lance Cpl. Joshua Tuttle, all infantrymen with 2nd Platoon, K Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Ex... More
ARABIAN GULF (July 13, 2017) Chief Electronics Technician
ARABIAN GULF (July 13, 2017) Chief Electronics Technician Travis Hill operates the console of the Laser Weapon System (LaWS) aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) to track a Scan ... More
Lt. j.g. Alex Cornell du Houx is greeted aboard a Saudi
Lt. j.g. Alex Cornell du Houx is greeted aboard a Saudi Arabian naval vessel during the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX). With a quarter of the world’s navies participating, including 6,500 ... More
A civilian service representative makes final preparations
A civilian service representative makes final preparations prior to launching Scan Eagle, an unmanned aerial vehicle, aboard the afloat forward staging base (interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) during exercise Spar... More
Stretcher bearers carry a simulated casualty to awaiting
Stretcher bearers carry a simulated casualty to awaiting medical personnel on USS Ponce (AFSB (I)-15) during a mass casualty drill as part of International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) 13. IMCMEX incl... More
Members of Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System
Members of Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System team 10 work on a simulated casualty on the mess deck of USS Ponce (AFSB (I)-15) during a mass casualty drill as part of International Mine Countermeasures... More
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, lands aboard the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, in the Persian G... More
Members, assigned to an unmanned underwater vehicle
Members, assigned to an unmanned underwater vehicle team, arrive in rigid inflatable hull boats to transport media personnel aboard USS Ponce (AFSB(I)15) to nearby participating ships during the International M... More
Barcodes track Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th
Barcodes track Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Marines and sailors acting as non-combatant evacuees during an Evacuation Control Center training exercise on the flight deck of USS... More
Seaman Apprentice Anthony Malone, a hospital corpsman
Seaman Apprentice Anthony Malone, a hospital corpsman with 2nd Platoon, K Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, applies a splint to a Marine while practicing combat life saving sk... More
Marines from 2nd Platoon, Company K, Battalion Landing
Marines from 2nd Platoon, Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, practice failure to stop drills on the flight deck of USS Ponce, Sept. 11. 26th MEU deployed aboard the ships of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready G... More
Lance Cpl. Sarah Skiados, a Female Engagement Team
Lance Cpl. Sarah Skiados, a Female Engagement Team member with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is searched during a class on the flight deck of USS Ponce, Oct. 22. The FET is comp... More
Marines and sailors with 26th Marine Expeditionary
Marines and sailors with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit stand on the flight deck of USS Ponce as the ship makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean en route to Pakistan, Sept. 7, 2010. USS Ponce is one of three s... More
Casey Braden, assigned to an unmanned underwater vehicle
Casey Braden, assigned to an unmanned underwater vehicle team, directs media personnel to a seat aboard a rigid inflatable hull boat while transported to nearby participating ships during the International Mine... More
Combat Cargo Marines with 26th Marine Expeditionary
Combat Cargo Marines with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard USS Kearsarge move a quadruple container into place. The Marines prepared to move more than 1,111 tons worth of vehicles and other cargo Aug. 6, 2... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Klipple, a hospital
Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Klipple, a hospital corpsman, instructs Cpl. Sean Kinney, an infantrymen with 2nd Platoon, K Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, in combat life sa... More
Combat Cargo Marines with 26th Marine Expeditionary
Combat Cargo Marines with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard USS Carter Hall hook a quadruple container to a crane Aug. 6, 2010. Combat Cargo Marines are responsible for all gear, and vehicles being loaded, ... More
Personnel assigned to Commander, Task Group 52.3, prepare
Personnel assigned to Commander, Task Group 52.3, prepare to conduct unmanned underwater vehicle operations during United States/United Kingdom Mine Countermeasures Exercise II. Commander, Task Group 52.3 promo... More
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, takes off from the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, during an inte... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Carl Harris with Combat Logistics
Petty Officer 3rd Class Carl Harris with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, medically processes a non-combatant evacuees during an Evacuation Control Center training exercise on the ... More
Sgt. Nikole Stradley, a radio operator with Service
Sgt. Nikole Stradley, a radio operator with Service Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and mother of a 9-month-old reads a book while being videotaped for the United Through... More
Sailors from the deck department aboard the amphibious
Sailors from the deck department aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce watch as the fuel hose from fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha slides down the span wire rigged between the ships during a rep... More
Aviation Warfare Specialist 3rd Class Peter Dejoseph,
Aviation Warfare Specialist 3rd Class Peter Dejoseph, assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15, conducts pre-mission checks before a flight in a MH-53E helicopter during International Mine Counte... More
150502-N-TB410-338 ARABIAN GULF (May 2, 2015) – Electronics
150502-N-TB410-338 ARABIAN GULF (May 2, 2015) – Electronics Technician 3rd Class Tyler Johnson, assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, recovers an Underwater Unmanned Vehicle on the back of a rigid-hull ... More
Sailors assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure
Sailors assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15, prepare a marker float while on a flight in a MH-53E helicopter during International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) 13. IMCMEX includes n... More
Malaria Prevention - US Navy Photo
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are given Doxycycline, medication taken to prevent Malaria, aboard USS Ponce, Oct. 22. The cyclic disease, called Malaria is spread th... More
Persian GULF (April 12, 2016) -- Partner nation naval
Persian GULF (April 12, 2016) -- Partner nation naval vessels sail in formation during operations as part the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX). IMCMEX is the largest maritime exercise in the... More
A landing craft utility prepares to enter the well
A landing craft utility prepares to enter the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce after the ship got underway from Morehead City, N.C. after embarkingelements of the 26th Marine Expedition... More
Senior leadership of USS Ponce and Combat Logistics
Senior leadership of USS Ponce and Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit watch the Marine Corps birthday cake cutting ceremony on the ship’s flight deck, while in port in the Republic of... More
Military Sealift Command civilian mariners aboard Afloat
Military Sealift Command civilian mariners aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce heave lines during a replenishment-at-sea with Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (... More
Military Sealift Command civilian mariners aboard Afloat
Military Sealift Command civilian mariners aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce heave lines during a replenishment-at-sea with Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (... More
Tugboats guide USS Kearsarge through the Suez Canal,
Tugboats guide USS Kearsarge through the Suez Canal, Sept. 16. 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed aboard the ships of Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group in late August responding to an order by the Secreta... More
USS Ponce follows USS Kearsarge through the Suez Canal,
USS Ponce follows USS Kearsarge through the Suez Canal, Sept. 16. 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed aboard the ships of Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group in late August responding to an order by the Secret... More
An AH-64 Apache helicopter from 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry
An AH-64 Apache helicopter from 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, takes off from the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, during an interoperability training exercise in the Persian Gulf March 17. The e... More
Two MH-60S helicopters assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat
Two MH-60S helicopters assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 take off from the Afloat Forward Staging Base Interim Ship, USS Ponce (ASFBI-15), to return to base after carrying members of Explosive... More
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, takes off from the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, during an inte... More
Two Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopters from
Two Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopters from Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, touch down aboard the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, in the Pe... More
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, takes off from the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, in the Persian... More
A U.S. Army AH-64D Apache helicopter, assigned to 36th
A U.S. Army AH-64D Apache helicopter, assigned to 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, departs for a training flight mission from the afloat forward staging base (interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) during exercise Sparta... More
Landing craft utility 1661 enters the well deck of
Landing craft utility 1661 enters the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce. Ponce is underway conducting a training exercise to prepare for an upcoming deployment scheduled for later this y... More
Shipshape from top to bottom!
Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Fred Skilling paints amphibious transport dock USS Ponce's (LPD 15) hull. Ponce spent nearly a week in Bahrain with its crew engaged in a variety of maintenance projects. Ponce is par... More
Sgt. Shane Worley, a military police officer with Military
Sgt. Shane Worley, a military police officer with Military Police Detachment, Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, pulls lines across from USNS John Lenthall to r... More
A contractor aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim)
A contractor aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) sets up prior to a Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle launch. Scan Eagle is a runway independent, long-endurance, unmanned aerial... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Kolb, aviation boatswain's
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Kolb, aviation boatswain's mate (handling), directs a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 56th Rescue Squadron while it takes off from amphibious transport dock USS Ponce. P... More
Engineman 1st Class Francisco Morino and Senior Chief
Engineman 1st Class Francisco Morino and Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate Anthony Quick, assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron (HM) 15, recover an airborne mine neutralization system while conductin... More
ARABIAN GULF (May 2, 2015) – Sailors and civilian
ARABIAN GULF (May 2, 2015) – Sailors and civilian contractors, assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, drive a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) carrying Underwater Unmanned Vehicles during mine counterme... More
Tugboats guide USS Carter Hall through the Suez Canal,
Tugboats guide USS Carter Hall through the Suez Canal, Sept. 16. 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed aboard the ships of Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group in late August responding to an order by the Secreta... More
Cpl. Brandon Doherty, a military police officer with
Cpl. Brandon Doherty, a military police officer with MP Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, demonstrates how to use compliance techniques during a searching class with the... More
Scan Eagle, an unmanned aerial vehicle, stands ready
Scan Eagle, an unmanned aerial vehicle, stands ready to launch from the flight deck of the afloat forward staging base (interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) during exercise Spartan Kopis. Spartan Kopis is a U.S. 5th... More
USNS John Lenthall refuels and resupplies USS Ponce
USNS John Lenthall refuels and resupplies USS Ponce in the Mediterranean Sea, Sept. 12. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed aboard the ships of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group in late August respon... More
Members of Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System
Members of Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System team 10 work on a simulated casualty on the mess deck of USS Ponce (AFSB (I)-15) during a mass casualty drill as part of International Mine Countermeasures... More
Lt. Brian Duenas and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Darren
Lt. Brian Duenas and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Darren Robinson work on a simulated casualty in the operating room of USS Ponce (AFSB (I)-15) during a mass casualty drill as part of International Mine Counterm... More
A U.S. Army AH-64D Apache helicopter, assigned to the
A U.S. Army AH-64D Apache helicopter, assigned to the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, hovers above the flight deck for landing during daytime landing qualifications aboard the afloat forward staging base (interim... More
Marines from the amphibious transport dock ship USS
Marines from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) perform an enhanced vessel board, search and seizure exercise with riverine command boats and coastal command boats assigned to Coastal Ri... More
Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1-207th Aviation Regiment
Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1-207th Aviation Regiment (Alaska Army National Guard), conduct maintenance on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Camp Buehring in Kuwait. The company is currently deployed to the Mid... More
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, lands aboard the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, during an intero... More
Seaman Chase Hickman fires a shot line from USS Kearsarge
Seaman Chase Hickman fires a shot line from USS Kearsarge to USNS Kanawha during a replenishment-at-sea. Kearsarge is the command ship of Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, supporting maritime security operation... More
USS Ponce, US Navy Photogrpah
Civilian mariner Nicholas Agati works in the welding shop aboard USS Ponce (AFSB(I)15). Formerly designated as an amphibious transport dock (LPD), Ponce was recently converted and reclassified to fulfill a long... More
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Francis Dexter, background,
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Francis Dexter, background, an inside tender for the Fly Away Recompression Chamber team, awaits a simulated casualty during a dive casualty drill aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base ... More
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, gets a hot refuel at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait March 14. The CH-47 crewmembers we... More
A sailor from USS Ponce (AFSB (I)-15) fires a shot
A sailor from USS Ponce (AFSB (I)-15) fires a shot line for an underway replenishment during International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) 13. IMCMEX 13 includes navies from more than 40 countries whose ... More
Marines and sailors aboard USS Ponce pull lines across
Marines and sailors aboard USS Ponce pull lines across from USNS John Lenthall to refuel and resupply in the Mediterranean Sea, Sept. 13. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed aboard the ships of the Kear... More
Sailors assigned to the Blackhawks of Helicopter Mine
Sailors assigned to the Blackhawks of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 load cargo onto a MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter during a routine cargo onload mission. HM-15 is assigned to Commander, Task F... More
AH-64 Apache helicopters from 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry
AH-64 Apache helicopters from 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, land aboard the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, during an interoperability training exercise in the Persian Gulf March 17. The exerci... More
Personnel assigned to Commander, Task Group 52.3, test
Personnel assigned to Commander, Task Group 52.3, test a stern gate launch and recovery trailer in the well deck of Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) during the United States and Unit... More
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, lands aboard the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, in the Persian G... More
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Ford, boatswain's
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Ford, boatswain's mate, stows mooring lines on the focsle of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce as the ship gets underway from Morehead. Ponce is part of the Kears... More
Crew aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS
Crew aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) recover an unmanned aircraft. Ponce, formerly designated as an amphibious transport dock (LPD) ship, was converted and reclassified in Ap... More
An MH-53 Sea Dragon, assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter
An MH-53 Sea Dragon, assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron (HM) 15, launches an airborne mine neutralization system while conducting mine countermeasure evolution from the forward operating base ... More
Combat Cargo Marines with 26th Marine Expeditionary
Combat Cargo Marines with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard USS Kearsarge move X-ray equipment to make room for more than 1,111 tons worth of vehicles and other cargo Aug. 6, 2010. Combat Cargo Marines are ... More
151119-N-BJ294-017 ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 19, 2015) An
151119-N-BJ294-017 ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 19, 2015) An MH-53E Seadragon assigned to (HM-15) prepares to land on the flight deck of USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) during U.S.-UK Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MCMEX). U.S.-U... More
U.S. Navy Sailors fuel AH-64 Apache helicopters from
U.S. Navy Sailors fuel AH-64 Apache helicopters from 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, aboard the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, during an interoperability training e... More
USNS John Lenthall refuels and resupplies USS Ponce
USNS John Lenthall refuels and resupplies USS Ponce in the Mediterranean Sea, Sept. 13. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed aboard the ships of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group in late August respon... More
151119-N-BJ294-107 ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 19, 2015) A rigid
151119-N-BJ294-107 ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 19, 2015) A rigid hull inflatable boat prepares to enter the well deck of USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) during U.S.-UK Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MCMEX). U.S.-U.K. MCMEX is de... More
Marines and sailors aboard USS Ponce pull lines across
Marines and sailors aboard USS Ponce pull lines across from USNS John Lenthall to refuel and resupply in the Mediterranean Sea, Sept. 13. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed aboard the ships of the Kear... More
Sailors clean the deck of the lower vehicle storage
Sailors clean the deck of the lower vehicle storage bay aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce. Ponce is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet... More
An MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Blackhawks
An MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Blackhawks of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 travels to USS Ponce (AFSB (I) 1) during a routine cargo onload mission. HM-15 is assigned to Commander,... More
40th Combat Aviation Brigade Soldiers arm AH-64 Apache
40th Combat Aviation Brigade Soldiers arm AH-64 Apache helicopters from 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 40th CAB, aboard the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, during an interoperability training ex... More
Seaman Recruit Bryant Tillman, personnel serviceman,
Seaman Recruit Bryant Tillman, personnel serviceman, updates a status board while Lt. Steven Shepski, conning officer aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce, observes the positions of the Military ... More
An MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Helicopter
An MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 prepares to land on the flight deck aboard the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB 15). Ponce is de... More
Gunner's Mate Seaman Joshua Carlos, assigned to Costal
Gunner's Mate Seaman Joshua Carlos, assigned to Costal Riverine Group 2, embarked security team, cleans a M2HB .50-caliber machine gun aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15). Ponce,... More
USS Ponce is docked at Pier 9 aboard Naval Station
USS Ponce is docked at Pier 9 aboard Naval Station Norfolk. Combat Cargo Marines prepared to load more than 444 tons worth of vehicles and other cargo Aug. 6, 2010. Combat Cargo Marines are responsible for all ... More
An MH-53E from Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron
An MH-53E from Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 takes off from the flight deck of USS Ponce (AFSB (I)-15) during International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) 13. IMCMEX includes navies from m... More
Crew aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS
Crew aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) run a dive casualty drill from a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) utilizing the ship's crane. Ponce, formerly designated as an amphibiou... More
Personnel assigned to Commander, Task Group 52.3, load
Personnel assigned to Commander, Task Group 52.3, load an unmanned underwater vehicle onto a rigid hull inflatable boat during United States/United Kingdom Mine Countermeasures Exercise II. Commander, Task Grou... More
USS Ponce, US Navy Photogrpah
Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Leech, a gunner's mate, demonstrates the operation of a .50-caliber machine gun during weapons training on the foc'sle of the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD 15) as the ... More
Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)
Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15), right, prepares to receive fuel from Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193), during an underway replenis... More
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, lands aboard the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, in the Persian G... More
Marines from 2nd Platoon, Company K, Battalion Landing
Marines from 2nd Platoon, Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, practice movement to contact drills on the flight deck of USS Ponce, Sept. 11. 26th MEU deployed aboard the ships of the Kearsarge Amphibious Rea... More
ARABIAN GULF (May 2, 2015) – Sailors assigned to the
ARABIAN GULF (May 2, 2015) – Sailors assigned to the Blackhawks of Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron (HM-15) pull aboard a tow line connected to an MK-105 Magnetic Influence Minesweeping System during min... More
The Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce
The Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (ASB(I) 15) conducts an operational demonstration of the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored Laser Weapon System (LaWS) while deployed to the Arabian Gul... More
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Lorenzo Duron fires a .50-caliber
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Lorenzo Duron fires a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the afloat forward staging base (interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) during exercise Spartan Kopis. Spartan Kopis is a U.S. 5th Fleet t... More
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from
An Army National Guard Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, takes off from the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, during an inte... More
Personnel assigned to Commander, Task Group 52.3, recover
Personnel assigned to Commander, Task Group 52.3, recover an unmanned aerial vehicle while embarked aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)) 15 during United States/United Kingdom Mine C... More
Weapons patrol boat USCGC Aquidneck (WPB-1309), left,
Weapons patrol boat USCGC Aquidneck (WPB-1309), left, and a Riverine Command Boat, assigned to Commander, Task Group 56.7.4, Coastal Riverine Squadron 4, transit through open water during exercise Spartan Kopis... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class John Scherder, a machinist
Petty Officer 3rd Class John Scherder, a machinist mate, kisses his eight-month-old daughter goodbye before boarding the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce (LPD 15) as the ship prepares to depart Naval St... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Roberts is greeted by
Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Roberts is greeted by his wife after the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce returns to Naval Station Norfolk, May 16, after completing an extended deployment in the 5th and ... More
Fergus Duggan (left) and Michael Guy, both civilian
Fergus Duggan (left) and Michael Guy, both civilian mariners, observe the landing of a SH-60S Seahawk helicopter on the flight deck of the afloat forward staging base USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) Jan. 8, 2013, in the... More