170809-N-KP948-024 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 9, 2017) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) quick-response damage control team participate in a firefighting drill aboard the Israeli navy Sa'ar 5-class corvette INS Lahav (502) during exercise Reliant Mermaid 2017. The maritime search and rescue and force protection exercise is designed to increase interoperability by developing individual and collective maritime proficiencies of participating nations, as well as promote friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alyssa Weeks/Released)