170710-N-UX013-341 CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) Sailors assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) watch as the ship approaches the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194), right, and the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) for a replenishment-at-sea. Ashland is part of a combined U.S., Australia and New Zealand expeditionary strike group, and 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 3rd Class Jonathan Clay/Released)