151119-N-BJ294-096 ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 19, 2015) Mineman 3rd Class John Stephentorres recovers a MK18 Mod 2 unmanned underwater vehicle 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)