U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jake Shaylor, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division sends a shout-out to his favorite Major League Baseball team–Los Angeles Dodgers–at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, May 6, 2022. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Nathan Smith)
Bahrain was the first regional nation U.S. 5th Fleet partnered with after establishing a new task force dedicated to integrating unmanned systems and artificial intelligence in September. We conducted an exercise together in October called New Horizon, which was the first time we integrated unmanned surface vessels with manned assets in Middle East waters alongside partner forces.