Capt. Jon P. Rodgers, former commanding officer of the USS Ponce, discusses how his ad-hoc crew of Sailors and civilian mariners plucked the 40 year old ship from decommissioning’s doorstep and turned it into the most in-demand platform in the Arabian Gulf. Additionally, he shared with us all images from his unclassified post-deployment presentation on USS Ponce:
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Lt. Dawn Stankus, “Two Cultures, One Crew – A perspective from Capt. Jon P. Rodgers“, All Hands Online, 15.03.2013 (with a short Video).
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