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USS Ponce (LPD-15)

Type: Organization

Name: USS Ponce (LPD-15)

Nationality: United States

Web Address: http://www.ponce.navy.mil/default.aspx

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for USS Ponce (LPD-15)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Infrastructure Protection Symposium concludes

130514-N-PX130-142 U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (May. 14, 2013) An unmanned underwater vehicle submerges during International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) 13 as the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)15) operates ... [Published Norfolk Navy Flagship - May 22 2013]

Entities: Infrastructure Protection, Mine Countermeasures, AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

International minesweeping exercise poses logistical challenge for USS Ponce

Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis Calvan, an air crewman, looks on May 19, 2013, as ships from various countries participating in the international mine countermeasures exercise in the Persian Gulf, which started the week of May 13, 2013. Hendrick Simoes/Stars ... [Published Stars and Stripes - May 22 2013]

Entities: USS Ponce (LPD-15), Minesweeping, David Wright, Persian Gulf

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Mission on the high seas

(MENAFN - Muscat Daily) Over the course of 24 gruelling days this month, 6,500 military personnel from 41 nations and more than ... [Published MENAFN - May 20 2013]

Entities: Naval Mine, USS Ponce (LPD-15), RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009), Mine Warfare

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Laser Weapon Systems: Ready For Prime Time?

Following years of speculation, anticipation, and (more recently) demonstrations, it appears that laser weapon systems will finally make their debut in the field sometime in the next year. The readiness and efficacy of lasers for combat use, however, ... [Published Photonics Online - May 20 2013]

Entities: Laser, USS Ponce (LPD-15), missile, Directed Energy, UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Iran dispatches warship to shadow Gulf exercises

Iran has dispatched one of its newest warships to shadow the world’s biggest mine-hunting exercise that has been taking place over the last few days in the Gulf.The frigate Jamaran cruised to within a mile of the western vessels, placing her “almost on ... [Published Ya Libnan - May 19 2013]

Entities: Iran, Naval Mine, Dispatcher

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Mines 'big threat to shipping'

A MAJOR international naval drill being conducted off the coast of Bahrain highlights real concerns about the potential risk to global shipping from mines planted at sea.Military chiefs have been quick to play down suggestions that the exercise, which ... [Published Gulf Daily News - May 19 2013]

Entities: Naval Mine, Iran, USS Ponce (LPD-15)

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

USS Ponce (LPD-15)

A family affair...

MINESWEEPING is a family affair for three crew members serving onboard the USS Ponce.Earl Huff, 57, from Virginia can count his son Michael, 23, and Pamela, 22, among his shipmates."I won't lie, but I had to pull some strings to get my son and daughter ... [Published Gulf Daily News - May 19 2013]

Entities: AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, USS Ponce (LPD-15), Minesweeping

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

US-led navies go ahead with Gulf manoeuvres amid Iran tensions

Aboard USS Ponce Divers leap from a helicopter into the Gulfs choppy waters to destroy a mine, while a US marine fires at a floating target, as forces from 41 countries gathered for naval manoeuvres facing Irans shores. The mine-sweeping exercise is being ... [Published Oman Tribune - May 17 2013]

Entities: USS Ponce (LPD-15), Minesweeping, Iran, Strait of Hormuz

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 4 reports

Iran tracking U.S.-headed anti-mine exercise in Gulf

ABU DHABI — Iran has been closely monitoring the U.S.-led navalexercise in the Gulf.The U.S. Navy has reported both Iranian air and surface vesselreconnaissance of the current International Mine Countermeasures Exercise,which began operations on May 12. ... [Published World Tribune - May 16 2013]

Entities: Iran, US Navy, Mine Countermeasures, USS Ponce (LPD-15), Minesweeping

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

US-led navies press Gulf manoeuvres amid Iran tensions

Divers leap from a helicopter into the Gulf’s choppy waters to destroy a mine, while a US marine fires at a floating target, as forces from 41 countries gathered for naval manoeuvres facing Iran’s shores.The mine-sweeping exercise is being held close ... [Published Khaleej Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Strait of Hormuz, Iran, Minesweeping

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Iranian naval threat fears played down

MANAMA: A top US navy official yesterday played down fears of rising tensions after an Iranian vessel came within close proximity to one of its warships.It happened as USS Ponce was conducting a defence exercise as part of the International Mine Countermeasures ... [Published Gulf Daily News - May 15 2013]

Entities: Iran, USS Ponce (LPD-15), Threat

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Bahrain and US navies hold Gulf war games

Captin Jon P. Rodgers, commander of the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB), stands over a map on the command deck, somewhere in the Arabian Sea May 14, 2013, on the second day of the biggest mine countermeasures exercise in the Arabian Gulf. ... [Published Arabian Business - May 15 2013]

Entities: Bahrain, Staging Base, USS Ponce (LPD-15)

Quotes

"The Iranians take pictures of us, so I just make sure my crew takes more pictures of them. We operate with autonomy in international waters, just as the Iranians do, and each time our interactions have been professional" remarked Capt Jon P Rodgers, commanding officer of USS Ponce, euphemistically termed 'Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim)' and a key hub for the exercise...

Mission on the high seas [Published MENAFN - May 20 2013]

"We have interacted about 30 times with them (Iran) and it has always been in a professional manner" he said

Mines 'big threat to shipping' [Published Gulf Daily News - May 19 2013]

"I wanted them close to me and the navy pay is good, which will certainly help them. It is quite rare to find members of a family working on the same ship."

A family affair... [Published Gulf Daily News - May 19 2013]

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