USS Gladiator (MCM 11) assists members assigned to Explosive Ordnance ...
CENTRAL ARABIAN GULF (Apr. 07, 2010) The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) assists members assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 in locating a training mine ... More
The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) use...
ARABIAN GULF (Apr. 07, 2010) The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) uses sonar to assist members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 to locate training mines. Member... More
The minesweeper USS Scout (MCM 8) pulls alongside the Allegheny Pier o...
Pensacola, Fla. (Sep. 15, 2005) The minesweeper USS Scout (MCM 8) pulls alongside the Allegheny Pier on board Naval Air Station Pensacola. The Scout, along with the USS Defender (MCM 2), USS Gladiator (MCM 11) ... More
Lt. j.g. Brian Scharp discusses the characteristics of the guided-miss...
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Jul. 10, 2013) Lt. j.g. Brian Scharp discusses the characteristics of the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) to Sailors assigned to mine countermeasure ships USS ... More
Mineman 3rd Class Lars Olsen launches an AN/SLQ-48 mine neutralization...
ARABIAN GULF (Mar. 22, 2012) Mineman 3rd Class Lars Olsen launches an AN/SLQ-48 mine neutralization vehicle from the mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11). Gladiator is assigned to Commander, Task Fo... More
Mineman 2nd Class Anthony D. Copple, left, looks on as his wife holds ...
MANAMA, Bahrain (Feb. 24, 2019) Mineman 2nd Class Anthony D. Copple, left, looks on as his wife holds his son as he is baptized by Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Reardon aboard the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS... More
The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) takes pos...
U.S. 5th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sep. 05, 2009) The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) takes position in formation behind the Royal Navy fleet auxiliary ship Lyme Bay (L 3007) and be... More
The Avenger class mine countermeasure (MCM) ships USS Dextrous (MCM 13...
ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 06, 2016) The Avenger class mine countermeasure (MCM) ships USS Dextrous (MCM 13), USS Gladiator (MCM 11), USS Devastator (MCM 6), and USS Sentry (MCM 3), part of Commander, Task Force (CTF) ... More
U.S. Navy mine countermeasures ships USS Gladiator (MCM 11) and USS De...
ARABIAN GULF (May. 27, 2017) U.S. Navy mine countermeasures ships USS Gladiator (MCM 11) and USS Dextrous (MCM 13) are underway in formation with the Royal Navy minehunters HMS Bangor (M 109) and HMS Middleton ... More
Sailors aboard USS Gladiator (MCM 11) maintain positive control of a m...
ARABIAN GULF (Jul. 23, 2011) Sailors aboard the mine counter-measure ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) maintain positive control of a mine sweeping floatation device as it is craned aboard the ship after conducting m... More
USS Ardent and USS Gladiator are moored pierside.
MINA SALMAN PIER, Bahrain (Feb. 22, 2012) Mine countermeasures ships USS Ardent (MCM 12) and USS Gladiator (MCM 11) are moored pierside. The ships are supporting maritime security operations and theater securit... More
Lt. Cmdr. Roosevelt White poses for a photo in front of the Avenger-cl...
MANAMA, Bahrain (Apr. 12, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Roosevelt White poses for a photo in front of the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) during a change of command ceremony in which he assumed... More
Sailors prepare an AN/SLQ-48 mine neutralization vehicle for launch fr...
ARABIAN GULF (Mar. 22, 2012) Sailors prepare an AN/SLQ-48 mine neutralization vehicle for launch from the mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11). Gladiator is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 5... More
Ensign Maris Riley, a search-and-rescue swimmer assigned to the Avenge...
ARABIAN GULF (May. 14, 2017) Ensign Maris Riley, a search-and-rescue swimmer assigned to the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11), is lowered into the water during a man-overboard dril... More
200710-A-DZ781-0002 ARABIAN GULF (July 10, 2020) Information
200710-A-DZ781-0002 ARABIAN GULF (July 10, 2020) Information Systems Technician 1st Class Pete Malta, a Sailor assigned to Commander, Task Force 52, boards a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a mine-hunting exe... More
Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Mark Ferguson visits Sailo...
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (Jul. 30, 2013) Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Mark Ferguson visits Sailors aboard the mine countermeasure ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11). Gladiator is forward deployed t... More
180711-N-TB177-1031 MANAMA, Bahrain (July 11, 2018)
180711-N-TB177-1031 MANAMA, Bahrain (July 11, 2018) Officers salute during a change of command ceremony for the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) on Naval Support Activity Bahrain. ... More
180711-N-TB177-1055 MANAMA, Bahrain (July 11, 2018)
180711-N-TB177-1055 MANAMA, Bahrain (July 11, 2018) Lt. Cmdr. Roosevelt White gives remarks during a change of command ceremony for the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) at Naval Su... More
Mine warfare ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) sits on the deck of Condock V...
Souda Bay, Crete, Greece (Jan. 04, 2007) Mine warfare ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) sits on the deck of Condock V, a Heavy Lift Vessel contracted by Military Sealift Command (MSC), during a brief port visit while... More
Mineman 2nd Class Ray Mares operates the classified console aboard USS...
ARABIAN GULF (Jul. 21, 2011) Mineman 2nd Class Ray Mares, lead sonar technician, operates the classified console aboard the mine counter-measure ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) during mine counter-measure training.... More
The mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) conducts convoy e...
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (May. 21, 2013) The mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) conducts convoy escort operations with a large natural gas tanker during International Mine Countermeas... More
Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Mark Ferguson reenlists Eng...
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (Jul. 30, 2013) Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Mark Ferguson reenlists Engineman 2nd Class Raymond Williams and Mineman 3rd Class Deren Franke aboard the mine counterm... More
Mine warfare ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11), an Avenger-class mine count...
Manama, Bahrain (Jan. 23, 2007) Mine warfare ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11), an Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship, arrives in Bahrain. The ship was transported from Ingleside, Texas, aboard Condock V, a heavy... More
An MH-53E Sea Dragon assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squad...
Persian Gulf (Apr. 16, 2007) An MH-53E Sea Dragon assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron (HM) 15 conducts a mine sweeping exercise with the Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship USS Gladiator (MC... More
Sailors in a rigid-hull inflatable boat pull alongside USS Gladiator (...
ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 24, 2011) Sailors in a rigid-hull inflatable boat assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) pull alongside the mine countermeasure ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) to pick up ... More
Lt. Cmdr. Wayne Liebold explains how Gladiator will break away from th...
ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 18, 2011) Lt. Cmdr. Wayne Liebold, commanding officer of the mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11), explains how Gladiator will break away from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forc... More
A simulated mine shape is recovered and craned aboard USS Gladiator (M...
ARABIAN GULF (Jul. 21, 2011) A simulated mine shape is recovered and craned aboard the mine counter-measure ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) after being used as a training aid to perform mine counter-measure trainin... More
A Sailor lowers a mine neutralization vehicle into the water to perfor...
ARABIAN GULF (Jul. 21, 2011) A Sailor lowers a mine neutralization vehicle into the water to perform mine counter-measure training aboard the mine counter-measure ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11). Gladiator crew mem... More
An SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasur...
ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 24, 2011) An SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 flies alongside the mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) during a bilateral tra... More
xplosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to Commander, Task Gro...
ARABIAN GULF (Mar. 23, 2012) Explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, search for a mine shape placed in the water by the mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM... More
Sailors aboard the mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) la...
U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (May. 14, 2013) Sailors aboard the mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) launch a Seafox mine hunting unmanned underwater vehicle in support of International M... More
Quartermaster 1st Class Jose L. Ortega, of Whittier, Calif., reviews n...
PERSIAN GULF (Aug. 28, 2007) Quartermaster 1st Class Jose L. Ortega, of Whittier, Calif., reviews navigation charts on the bridge of mine warfare ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) during a nighttime mine countermeasu... More
The mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) transits alongsid...
ARABIAN GULF (Jun. 09, 2014) The mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) transits alongside the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51). Arleigh Burke is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area... More
Mineman 3rd Class Zimmerman, left, explains the capabilities of the Se...
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN, Bahrain (Feb. 05, 2019) Mineman 3rd Class Zimmerman, left, explains the capabilities of the SeaFox mine disposal unmanned underwater vehicle to Assistant Secretary of the Navy fo... More
Mineman 3rd Class Jackson Zimmerman, right, explains the capabilities ...
MANAMA, Bahrain (Mar. 19, 2019) Mineman 3rd Class Jackson Zimmerman, right, explains the capabilities of the SeaFox mine disposal unmanned underwater vehicle to Under Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly aboar... More
The minesweeper USS Scout (MCM 8) is assisted by a tugboat as it pulls...
Pensacola, Fla. (Sep. 15, 2005) The minesweeper USS Scout (MCM 8) is assisted by a tugboat as it pulls alongside the Allegheny Pier on board Naval Air Station Pensacola. The Scout, along with the USS Defender (... More
Explosive ordnance disposal technicians build a counter charge for a m...
ARABIAN GULF (Apr. 04, 2010) Explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1, deployed as part of Combined Task Group 56.1, build a counter charge for a mis... More
USS Gladiator (MCM 11), left, waits for members assigned to Explosive...
CENTRAL ARABIAN GULF (Apr. 07, 2010) The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11), left, waits for members assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 to locate a trainin... More
The mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) and the Royal Nav...
ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 24, 2011) The mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) and the Royal Navy mine countermeasures vessel HMS Pembroke (M107) are underway in formation during a bilateral training exercis... More
ineman 3rd Class Lars Olsen prepares an AN/SLQ-48 mine neutralization ...
ARABIAN GULF (Mar. 22, 2012) Mineman 3rd Class Lars Olsen prepares an AN/SLQ-48 mine neutralization vehicle for launch from the mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11). Gladiator is assigned to Command... More
The mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) approaches Britis...
ARABIAN GULF (May. 27, 2017) The mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) approaches British and French navy ships in the Arabian Gulf to conduct a photo exercise during mine countermeasure exercise Art... More
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit Six personnel, embarked aboard mine w...
PERSIAN GULF (Aug. 28, 2007) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit Six personnel, embarked aboard mine warfare ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11), prepare for a silent water entry in a mine danger area while transiting in ... More
The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) pre...
ARABIAN GULF (Apr. 17, 2010) The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) prepares to come alongside the Royal Navy fleet auxiliary service landing dock ship RFA Lyme Bay (L3007) to receiv... More
Sailors from the mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) reco...
ARABIAN GULF (Mar. 22, 2012) Sailors from the mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) recover an AN/SLQ-48 mine neutralization vehicle. Gladiator is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 52, providin... More
Sailors aboard he mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) pre...
U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (May. 14, 2013) Sailors aboard he mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) prepare to get underway in support of International Mine Countermeasure Exercise 2013. ... More
U.S. Navy mine countermeasures (MCM) ships USS Devastator (MCM 6), USS...
ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 19, 2016) U.S. Navy mine countermeasures (MCM) ships USS Devastator (MCM 6), USS Gladiator (MCM 11), and USS Dextrous (MCM 13) steam in formation with Royal navy ships RFA Lyme Bay (L 3007), ... More
200710-A-DZ781-0017 ARABIAN GULF (July 10, 2020) Sailors
200710-A-DZ781-0017 ARABIAN GULF (July 10, 2020) Sailors assigned to Commander, Task Force 52 board a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a mine-hunting exercise with the mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (... More
USS Gladiator (MCM 11), an Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship, arr...
Manama, Bahrain (Jan. 23, 2007) USS Gladiator (MCM 11), an Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship, arrives in Bahrain. The ship was transported from Ingleside, Texas, aboard Condock V, a heavy lift vessel contr... More
Members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6 detonate a dummy ...
PERSIAN GULF (Aug. 27, 2007) Members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6 detonate a dummy mine during a mine countermeasures exercise with mine warfare ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11). Gladiator is partici... More
Quartermaster 1st Class Ethan Luna trains Quartermaster Seaman Michael...
CENTRAL ARABIAN GULF (Apr. 06, 2010) Quartermaster 1st Class Ethan Luna, assigned to Mine Warfare Crew Swerve, embarked aboard the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11), trains Quarterm... More
The mine countermeasure ships USS Scout (MCM 8), left, and USS Gladiat...
STRAIT OF HORMUZ (Aug. 30, 2011) The mine countermeasure ships USS Scout (MCM 8), left, and USS Gladiator (MCM 11), transit the Strait of Hormuz. Scout and Gladiator are on deployments supporting maritime secur... More
The mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) conducts convoy e...
U.S. 5th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (May. 21, 2013) The mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) conducts convoy escort operations with a large natural gas tanker during International Mine Countermeas... More
Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Arleigh Burke-cl...
JUBAIL, Saudi Arabia (Apr. 29, 2017) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) secure mooring lines as the ship moors pierside next to... More
A toddler sits in the bell of the Avenger-class mine countermeasures s...
MANAMA, Bahrain (Feb. 24, 2019) A toddler sits in the bell of the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) after being christened in it during his baptism on the ship's foc'sle. Gladiator ... More
200710-A-DZ781-0020 ARABIAN GULF (July 10, 2020) Sailors
200710-A-DZ781-0020 ARABIAN GULF (July 10, 2020) Sailors assigned to Commander, Task Force 52 lower equipment into the Arabian Gulf during a mine-hunting exercise with the mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiato... More
Mine warfare ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) transits off the coast of Bah...
PERSIAN GULF (Aug. 27, 2007) Mine warfare ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) transits off the coast of Bahrain. Gladiator is participating in mine countermeasure exercises with the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strik... More
The Royal Navy fleet auxiliary ship Lyme Bay (L 3007) leads a formatio...
U.S. 5th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sep. 05, 2009) The Royal Navy fleet auxiliary ship Lyme Bay (L 3007) leads a formation of ships including the mine countermeasure ships USS Gladiator (MCM 11), USS Ardent ... More
The Royal Navy fleet auxiliary ship Lyme Bay (L 3007) leads a formatio...
U.S. 5th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sep. 05, 2009) The Royal Navy fleet auxiliary ship Lyme Bay (L 3007) leads a formation of ships including the mine countermeasure ships USS Gladiator (MCM 11), USS Ardent ... More
Mine countermeasure ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) displays the U.S. flag...
U.S. 5th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sep. 05, 2009) Mine countermeasure ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) displays the U.S. flag as it conducts underway operations with the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS... More
Mineman 2nd Class Bobby Free lowers a rigid-hull inflatable boat to fe...
CENTRAL ARABIAN GULF (Apr. 06, 2010) Mineman 2nd Class Bobby Free, assigned to Mine Warfare Crew Swerve, embarked aboard the mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11), lowers a rigid-hull inflatable boat... More
Electronics Technician 1st Class Juan Mendez records bearings on the b...
ARABIAN GULF (Jul. 20, 2011) Electronics Technician 1st Class Juan Mendez records bearings on the bridge during a sea and anchor evolution aboard the mine counter-measure ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11). Gladiator ... More
The mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) transits the Arab...
ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 24, 2011) The mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11) transits the Arabian Gulf during a bilateral training exercise to improve mine countermeasure readiness. The training is intende... More
A Sailor stands watch on the pier.
MINA SALMAN PIER, Bahrain (Feb. 22, 2012) Mineman Seaman Blake Couch, assigned to mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11), stands watch on the pier. Gladiator is supporting maritime security operations... More
Chief Petty Officer Eric Perando, assigned to USS Gladiator (MCM 11), ...
ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 20, 2016) Chief Petty Officer Eric Perando, assigned to USS Gladiator (MCM 11), Royal Navy Cmdr. David Morgan Commander, RFA Lyme Bay (L 3007), Cmdr. Francisco Garza, Commander of the Gladiat... More
180711-N-TB177-1139 MANAMA, Bahrain (July 11, 2018)
180711-N-TB177-1139 MANAMA, Bahrain (July 11, 2018) Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Wolf, commanding officer of Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Gladiator (MCM 11), passes through sideboys at the end of a change o... More