RED SEA (Feb. 18, 2011) Machinery Repairman 2nd Class Timothy Lee, assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce (LPD 15) climbs a boarding ladder to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87). Ponce is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller/Released)
