CORAL SEA (July 19, 2017) Senior Chief Boatswain’s Mate Jeffrey Brooks monitors a 7-ton truck being loaded onto Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1651 from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) to transport Marines and equipment during an amphibious assault as part of Talisman Saber 17. Talisman Saber is a biennial and Australia bilateral exercise held off the coast of Australia meant to achieve interoperability and strengthen the and Australia alliance.

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