A rigid-hull inflatable boat is lifted from the deck aboard the afloat forward staging base (interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)15) during exercise Spartan Kopis Dec. 9, 2013, at Naval Support Activity Bahrain. 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.