170707-N-NB544-099 CORAL SEA (July 7, 2017) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Christopher Womack (left), from Jackson, Tenn., and Master-at-Arms 1st Class John McCormick, from Greensboro, , remove the barrel of a .50-caliber machine gun during small craft action team (SCAT) 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 pr
170707-N-NB544-099 CORAL SEA (July 7, 2017) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Christopher Womack (left), from Jackson, Tenn., and Master-at-Arms 1st Class John McCormick, from Greensboro, , remove the barrel of a .50-caliber machine gun during small craft action team (SCAT) 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 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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