151119-N-BJ294-059 ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 19, 2015) Sailors aboard USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) prepare their gear in the ship's well deck during U.S.-UK 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 photo by Mass Communication Specialist Wyatt Huggett/Released)