На борту десантно-вертолетного корабля-дока USS "Ponce" класса "Austin" (1970 года) переоборудованного в 2012 году в "плавучую базу" для специальных подразделений, входящего в состав Пятого флота ВМС США, зоной ответственности которого является западная часть Индийского океана и Персидского залива.
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U.S. soldiers with 4-501st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, work with flight crews of AH-64D (Apaches) during training exercises with the U.S. Navy while aboard the USS Ponce. The brigade is conducting joint training operations in the Persian Gulf with the U.S. Navy in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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A U.S. Army AH-64D Apache helicopter, assigned to 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, launches from the afloat forward staging base (interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) during exercise Spartan Kopis.
Spartan Kopis is a U.S. 5th Fleet training event that validates the effectiveness of using joint aviation assets in a maritime environment, as well as exercising joint force command and control structure and communications.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Sandberg/Released)