Sailors and civilian mariners muster on the flight deck of the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)15
Summary
ARABIAN GULF (Jan. 10, 2013) Sailors and civilian mariners muster on the flight deck of the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)15) during an abandon ship drill. 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
Lt. Dawn Stankus) File# 130110-N-TN557-031
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Date
10/01/2013 - 10/01/2013
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U.S. NAVY
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Public Domain