CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) Lt. Michael Bernhardt, from Panama City, Fla., uses a stadimeter to calculate the distance between the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) in preparation for a replenishment-at-sea 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
CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) Lt. Michael Bernhardt, from Panama City, Fla., uses a stadimeter to calculate the distance between the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) in preparation for a replenishment-at-sea 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.
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