Tom D’Agostino, Military Sealift Command - Atlantic Detachment (left), welcomes Joint Base Charleston leadership onboard the USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR 316) for a tour Jan. 16, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Weapons Station, S.C. The Pomeroy is a 950-foot-long, medium-speed, roll on/roll off cargo ship with a crew of 30, used for prepositioning U.S. military combat equipment and combat support equipment needed overseas, and for resupplying U.S. armed forces with vital equipment during an international crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Tom Brading)

(Left to right) Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 618th Air Base Wing command chief, Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander and Edward Pillet, Pomeroy deck officer, stand on the deck of the USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR 316), Jan. 16, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Weapons Station, S.C. The ship’s decks has ample space for lashing down tanks, helicopters, trucks and other large vehicles for prepositioning U.S. military equipment and supplies during wartime and other national contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Tom Brading)

Capt. Todd Datsis, USNS Pomeroy master (center), explains the ship’s bridge controls to Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief, onboard the USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR 316) during a tour Jan. 16, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Weapons Station, S.C. The Pomeroy is a 950-foot-long, medium-speed, roll on/roll off cargo ship with a crew of 30 used for prepositioning U.S. military combat equipment and combat support equipment needed overseas and for resupplying U.S. armed forces with vital equipment during an international crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Tom Brading)

(Right) Edward Pillet, USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR 316) deck officer, gives Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander (center), and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief, a tour of the USNS Pomeroy engine room, Jan. 16, 2014, at Joint Base Charleston – Weapons Station, S.C. The ship has a six-deck interior and the capacity of more than 350,000 square feet, equivalent to nearly seven football fields, and uses the space to preposition U.S. military equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Tom Brading)

Chief Master Sgt. Mark Bronson, 628th Air Base Wing command chief, Col. Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander and Master Chief Petty Officer Joseph Gardner, JB Charleston command master chief, leave the USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR 316) after a tour of the ship, Jan. 16, 2014, at Joint Base Charleston – Weapons Station, S.C. The ship has a six-deck interior and the capacity of more than 350,000 square feet, which is equivalent to nearly seven football fields and uses the space to preposition U.S. military equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Tom Brading)