 Welcome to our hands update, here's what's happening around your Navy. The USS Soraco and USS Gravely intercepted and seized the shipment aboard a dowel. The illicit cargo included 1,500 AK-47s, 200 RPG launchers and 21-50 caliber machine guns. For the third time in recent weeks, international naval forces operating in the waters of the Arabian Sea seized the shipment of illicit arms. U.S. officials assessed the origin to Iran and likely bound for insurgents in Yemen. The seizure is the latest in a string of illicit weapons shipments assessed by the U.S. to have originated in Iran and seized by naval forces. The world's largest maritime training exercise, the International Mine Countermeasure Exercise, is underway in the Middle East, including naval and civilian maritime forces from more than 30 nations. Participants will train to execute a wide spectrum of defensive operations to protect international commerce and trade. You can read more about what's happening around your Navy at Navy.mil.