170706-N-XK809-097 CORAL SEA (July 6, 2017) Force Reconnaissance Marines, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practice room clearing techniques during visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) 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 litto


170706-N-XK809-097 CORAL SEA (July 6, 2017) Force Reconnaissance Marines, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practice room clearing techniques during visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) 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. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class William Sykes/Released)


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