U.S. Navy sailors and civilian contractors assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1 aboard a rigid-hull inflatable boat carrying underwater unmanned vehicles are craned onto the ship during mine countermeasure training operations aboard the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS "Ponce" (AFSB(I)-15) in the Arabian Gulf. CTG 56.1 conducted mine countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage-diving, and force protection operations throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. Note the Sikorsky MH-53E "Sea Dragon" assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron (HM-15) "Blackhawks" on the flight deck.