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

USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3), an expeditionary sea base previously a part of the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command, was commissioned as a U.S. Navy warship today in Bahrain. The ceremony featured the reading of a letter from the ship's sponsor who was unable to make it to Bahrain. Learn more about the ship and her namesake here: https://www.history.navy.mil/news-and-events/multimedia-gallery/infographics/heritage/uss-lewis-b--puller.html | Naval History & Heritage Command

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

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