151117-N-JC374-138 ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 17, 2015) Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Soualiho Fofana, assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, uses a satellite phone for communications during a U.S.-U.K. Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MCMEX). U.S.-U.K. MCMEX is designed to improve interoperability and evolve the expeditionary mine countermeasures company concept of employment from an afloat forward staging base and afloat platforms of opportunity. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonah Stepanik/Released)