Keywords: US Navy 110512-N-7293M-144 Seaman Andrew Mitchell flips a mooring line off the starboard capstan of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce (L.jpg en MOREHEAD CITY N C May 12 2011 Seaman Andrew Mitchell flips a mooring line off the starboard capstan of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce LPD 15 as Ponce ties up in Morehead City N C for its first landfall in the U S following a nearly nine-month deployment Ponce is in Morehead City to offload the elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit 26th MEU and the 1st Battalion 2nd Marine Regiment that had been embarked aboard the ship Ponce was operating as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U S 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller/Released 2011-05-12 110512-N-7293M-144 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 100961 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Ponce LPD-15 |