170708-N-ZL062-156 CORAL SEA (July 8, 2017) Crew Chief Cpl. Gerald Demontmollin, from Grass Valley, Calif., gives tactical information to a pilot in a UH-Y Huey helicopter, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), to give air support for a formation of Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in combat rubber raiding crafts headed toward Crowley Beach during an amphibious raid rehearsal as a part of Talisman Saber 17. The 31st MUE is embarked aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20), part of a combined Zealan
170708-N-ZL062-156 CORAL SEA (July 8, 2017) Crew Chief Cpl. Gerald Demontmollin, from Grass Valley, Calif., gives tactical information to a pilot in a UH-Y Huey helicopter, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), to give air support for a formation of Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in combat rubber raiding crafts headed toward Crowley Beach during an amphibious raid rehearsal as a part of Talisman Saber 17. The 31st MUE is embarked aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20), part of a combined Zealand expeditionary strike group, which 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. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sarah Myers/Released)
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