11 reactions | USS Lewis B Puller - Blue (ESB 3) performs various training events during exercise Iron Defender 2022 in the Arabian Gulf. Iron Defender is an annual bilateral training event between U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet and forces from the United Arab Emirates. The exercise focuses on maritime security operations, mine countermeasures and harbor defense. (U.S. Army Video by SPC Frederick Poirier) | Commander Naval Surface Force Atlantic | Facebook

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The U.S. Navy converted USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-ESB 3) to a U.S. naval warship, commissioning the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) during a ceremony at Khalifa bin Salman Port in Al Hidd, Bahrain, Aug. 17. Puller is the first ship to be commissioned outside the United States, and the ship’s reclassification provides U.S. Central Command and 5th Fleet greater flexibility to better meet regional challenges. U.S. Navy | U.S. Central Command | USNS Lewis B Puller T-Esb-3 Gold | | U

Sailors aboard the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4) participate in damage control training. Hershel “Woody” Williams is rotationally deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations. | Commander Naval Surface Force Atlantic

U.S. Marines with Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Central Command 19.2, conduct MV-22 Osprey landing qualifications and logistics run with the USS Lewis B. Puller, an Expeditionary Staging Base - 3 (ESB-3) naval vessel in an undisclosed location, Oct. 29, 2019. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a quick reaction force, prepared to deploy a variety of capabilities across the region. Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (VMM-161) is a