170712-N-ZL062-288 CORAL SEA (July 12, 2017) Landing Craft Utility 1666, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, prepares to depart the well deck of the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20) during an amphibious raid as a part of Talisman Saber 2017. Green Bay, part of a combined U.S., Australia and New 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 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 3rd Class Sarah Myers/Released)