The USNS Able, which is owned by the Department of the Navy and operated under contract by Crowley Government Services, is part of the Military Sealift Command’s Special Mission Ships Program and is manned in all licensed positions by members of American Maritime Officers. AMO members working aboard USNS Able in December, here in Japan, included Captain Kyle A. Dupuis, Chief Mate Jeffrey Chicklas, Second Mate Fred Sinclair, Third Mate Alicia Plunkett, Chief Engineer Bruce Zarobell, First Assistant Engineer Edwin Jay Alcos, Second Assistant Engineer Lauren Harrison and Third Assistant Engineer Sassan Mansourzadeh.
