170719-N-ZW825-774 CORAL SEA (July 19, 2017) Lt. j.g. Perla Rodriguez, from Los Fresnos, Texas, marks a position aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) during a naval surface fire support exercise as part of Talisman Saber 17. The exercise is intended to flex the “Up-Gunned Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG)�? concept using cruiser and destroyer assets to protect the ESG. Talisman Saber is a biennial U.S. and Australia bilateral exercise held off the coast of Australia meant to achieve interoperability and strengthen the U.S. and Australia alliance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Byron C. Linder/Released)