190414-YD127-1020 ARABIAN GULF (April 14, 2019) Sailors from the Royal Navy climb down from the expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) on a pilot’s ladder to an offshore raiding craft during Artemis Trident 19. Artemis Trident is a mine countermeasures exercise conducted by France’s Marine Nationale, the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy in the Arabian Gulf focused on increasing interoperability and demonstrating the nations’ shared commitment to ensuring unfettered maritime operations. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Vincent Fausnaught/Released)