170709-N-WF272-818 CORAL SEA (July 9, 2017) An AV-8B Harrier assigned to the "Tomcats" of Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 311 lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during Talisman Saber 17. Bonhomme Richard 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. Talisman Saber is a biennial U.S.-Australia bilateral exercise held off the coast of Australia meant to achieve interoperability and strengthen the U.S.-Australia alliance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Diana Quinlan/Released)