170708-N-NB544-107 CORAL SEA (July 8, 2017) Cmdr. Rich LeBron, executive officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), prepares to light the number one boiler in the aft main machinery room of the ship during Talisman Saber 17. The ship is part of a combined U.S.-Australia-New Zealand expeditionary strike group, which 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kyle Carlstrom/Released)