170710-N-DL434-649 CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) transits the Coral Sea during Talisman Saber 17. Bonhomme Richard is part of a combined U.S., Australia and 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 Seaman Apprentice Gavin Shields/Released)