170710-N-NB544-004 CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Damon Sweeney, from Willoughby, Ohio, uses a sound-powered telephone to communicate with a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) station from the bridge of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) in preparation for a RAS with the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) 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
170710-N-NB544-004 CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Damon Sweeney, from Willoughby, Ohio, uses a sound-powered telephone to communicate with a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) station from the bridge of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) in preparation for a RAS with the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) 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 bilateral exercise held off the coast of Australia meant to achieve interoperability and strengthen the alliance. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kyle Carlstrom/Released)
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