Ensign Darius Mercer, right, and sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, transfer six rescued Filipino mariners to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Baranof. John Paul Jones rescued the mariners when their ship, the Liberian-flagged motor vessel Stolt Valor, caught fire in the Persian Gulf. Baranof transported the rescued mariners to Manama, Bahrain for repatriation. John Paul Jones is assigned to Combined Maritime Forces’ Commander, Task Force 152, conducting maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf. Baranof is assigned to Commander, Task Force 55 and U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.