170706-N-RU971-0407 CORAL SEA (July 6, 2017) Sailors,
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170706-N-RU971-0407 CORAL SEA (July 6, 2017) Sailors, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), and Marines, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), move supplies from the port aircraft elevator to the hangar bay of Bonhomme Richard during a replenishment-at-sea during Talisman Saber 17. Bonhomme Richard, part of a combined U.S.-Australia-New Zealand expeditionary strike group, is undergoing a series of scenarios that will increase naval proficiencies in operating against blue-water adversarial threats and in its primary mission of launching Marine forces ashore in the littorals. Talisman Saber is a biennial U.S.-Australia bilateral exercise held off the coast Australia meant to achieve interoperability and strengthen the U.S.-Australia alliance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cameron McCulloch/Released)
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