CORAL SEA (July 17, 2017) Lt. Megan Ricker, from Bremerton, Washington, makes a report during an air defense exercise aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) as part of Talisman Saber 17. The exercise is intended to flex the “Up-Gunned Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG)” concept using cruiser and destroyer assets to protect the ESG against air threats. 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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