Enhanced vessel board, search and seizure drill [Image 9 of 11]

USS MESA VERDE, AT SEA

04.28.2014

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Shannon Smith 

U.S. Navy           

The Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) is boarded by Sailors and Marines from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during an enhanced vessel board, search and seizure drill. Ponce was recently converted and reclassified to fulfill a long-standing U.S. Central Command request for an afloat forward staging base to be forward deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Shannon M. Smith/Released)

• Date Taken: 04.28.2014
• Date Posted: 05.01.2014 21:35
• Photo ID: 1302411
• VIRIN: 140428-N-BD629-280
• Resolution: 4928x3280
• Size: 1009.45 KB
• Location: USS MESA VERDE, AT SEA