CORAL SEA (July 11, 2017) Machinery Repairman 3rd Class Adrian Lujan, from Odessa, Texas, uses a naval firefighting thermal imager (NFTI) to locate a simulated fire in the oil lab of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during a general quarters drill during Talisman Saber 17. Bonhomme Richard, part of a combined 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. Tali


CORAL SEA (July 11, 2017) Machinery Repairman 3rd Class Adrian Lujan, from Odessa, Texas, uses a naval firefighting thermal imager (NFTI) to locate a simulated fire in the oil lab of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during a general quarters drill during Talisman Saber 17. Bonhomme Richard, part of a combined 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 bilateral exercise held off the coast of Australia meant to achieve interoperability and strengthen the alliance.


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