Sailors and civil service mariners prepare to launch a rigid hull inflatable boat aboard the Military Sealift Command’s joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) Jan. 17, 2015. Spearhead is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of the international collaborative capacity-building program Africa Partnership Station. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenan O’Connor/Released)