MANAMA, Bahrain (May 18, 2017) Chief Logistics Specialist Monique Graves, a native of Chesapeake, Va., poses for a photo in the supply office of USS Gladiator (MCM 11). Graves is one of three chiefs which are the first enlisted females assigned to a mine countermeasure ship. Gladiator is one of four MCM ships forward deployed to Bahrain and is attached to Naval Forces Central Command’s (NAVCENT) Task Force (TF) 52.

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