CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) watch as the ship approaches the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194), right, and the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), left, for a replenishment-at-sea during 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 a

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CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) watch as the ship approaches the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194), right, and the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), left, for a replenishment-at-sea during 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.

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