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ARABIAN GULF (June 20, 2017) Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Austin Simmons, assigned to Expeditionary Combat Camera, stabilizes a pilot’s ladder as Capt. Leo Albea, deputy commodore of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 50, disembarks the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) onto a rigid-hull inflatable boat for transfer to the coastal patrol ship USS Firebolt (PC 10) e Exercise Spartan Kopis 17. Exercise Spartan Kopis is a Task Force (TF) 55-led exercise between the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard in order to increase tactical proficiency, broaden levels of cooperation, enhance mutual capability and support long-term security and stability in the region. Vella Gulf is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Bryce Bruns)
| Date Taken: | 06.19.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 06.25.2017 02:57 |
| Photo ID: | 3513152 |
| VIRIN: | 170620-N-TB410-0102 |
| Resolution: | 2759x4145 |
| Size: | 1.01 MB |
| Location: | NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN, BH |
| Web Views: | 73 |
| Downloads: | 7 |
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