NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- After serving five years in the Persian Gulf and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operation, the USS Ponce is returning home, possibly for the final time. Commissioned in 1971, the ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- The USS Ponce was officially decommissioned Saturday, Oct. 14 during a time-honored ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk. "It is truly an honor to participate in this momentous and ...

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait -- Soldiers of the California Army National Guard's 40th Combat Aviation Brigade conducted an interoperability training exercise aboard the USS Ponce in the Persian Gulf March 13 ...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 1, 2011) A UH-1Y Venom helicopter assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 167 waits to take off as an AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter from HMLA-269 lifts off from ...

NORFOLK, Va. - The USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) is returning to Norfolk on Wednesday after being forward deployed to the 5th Fleet for the past five years. The ship is now scheduled to be decommissioned and ...

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN -- Four Bahraini men, adrift in fishing skiff for two days, were assisted by the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSBI (I) 15) approximately 30 nautical ...

Article Summary – More than a decade after the USS Ponce first fired the Navy’s Laser Weapons System, directed-energy arms are spreading across the U.S. military. -The Army is fielding high-energy ...

A mixed crew of civilian mariners & naval personnel man 'USS Ponce', the Navy's first dedicated forward staging-base ship The U.S. Navy's first afloat forward staging base-interim, USS Ponce (AFSB-I), ...

It's not Star Wars on the high seas — but the U.S. Navy says it has made a "historic leap" by deploying a laser weapon system for the first time. The Navy released a video showing a LaWS — shorthand ...

NORFOLK, Va. – The USS Ponce was decommissioned in a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday. Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, Rear Adm. Jesse A. Wilson Jr., provided keynote remarks.