U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters land aboard the afloat forward staging base (interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)15) during exercise Spartan Kopis Dec. 8, 2013, in the Persian Gulf. Spartan Kopis was a U.S. 5th Fleet training event that validated the effectiveness of using joint aviation assets in a maritime environment, as well as exercising joint force command and control structure and communications.