Landing Signalman Enlisted Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Sydney Payne (left), and Landing Signalman Enlisted Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Kieara Dexter lift an MV-22 Osprey from the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force as part of the Expeditionary Sea Base Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) interoperability flight operations while operation in the Gulf of Aden, Jan. 30, 2021. Hershel Williams’ flight deck crew simultaneously directed deck landing qualifications for multiple MV-22 Osprey pilots from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force.

210203-N-NO901-0003 NAPLES, Italy (Feb. 3, 2021) A diver from Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1 uses a Ultra Sonic Thickness Tester during harbor surveys in Naples, Italy, Feb. 3, 2021. Naval Auxiliary Diving and Salvage ships (T-ARS) and Mobile Diving and Salvage (MDS) companies are a part of Commander Task Force 68 and deliver unique marine salvage capabilities including diving, lifting, towing, off-ship firefighting, harbor clearance, underwater search and recovery, and underwater emergency repairs. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Commander Task Force 69)

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) 2nd Class Adam Insley looks upon the shore of Mombasa, Kenya from the flight deck of the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) in the Mombasa harbor, Feb. 8, 2021. Hershel Williams is operating in U.S. Sixth Fleet to conduct interoperability training and build strategic partnerships with their African partners.