150712-N-KM939-152 INDIAN OCEAN (July 12th, 2015) - Commanding Officer of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48) Daniel P. Duhan from Angola, , watches as Sailors onboard Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1666 assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, load equipment onto the boat and transport it to a beach exercise for Talisman Sabre 2015. Talisman Sabre is a bilateral exercise intended to train Australian and forces in planning and conducting combined task force operations. ( Navy photo by Mass Communications 3rd Class David A. Cox) Talisman Sabre 150712-N-KM939-152

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