170710-N-UX013-366 CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Kiernan Duffy from Bronx, , fires a shot-line from an M14 rifle to the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) during a replenishment-at-sea as part of Talisman Saber 17. Ashland, 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

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170710-N-UX013-366 CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Kiernan Duffy from Bronx, , fires a shot-line from an M14 rifle to the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) during a replenishment-at-sea as part of Talisman Saber 17. Ashland, 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 Jonathan Clay/Released)

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