160229-N-SF508-174 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Feb. 29, 2016) the Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53) departs Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek as part of a five-month deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. Aboard Grapple is a detachment from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 2-1. Grapple is one of four Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Charles Oki/Released)