5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Aug. 28, 2012) A rigid-hull inflatable boat manned by members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 12 enters the well deck of Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15). EODMU-12 is assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) , which provides mine countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage-diving, counter-terrorism, and force protection for the 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR). Ponce, formerly designated as an amphibious transport dock ship, was converted and reclassified to fulfill a long-standing Cen
5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Aug. 28, 2012) A rigid-hull inflatable boat manned by members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 12 enters the well deck of Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15). EODMU-12 is assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) , which provides mine countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage-diving, counter-terrorism, and force protection for the 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR). Ponce, formerly designated as an amphibious transport dock ship, was converted and reclassified to fulfill a long-standing Central Command request for an AFSB to be located in its area of responsibility.
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