150716-N-KM939-395 INDIAN OCEAN (July 16th, 2015) Quartermasters prepare to raise the national ensign aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) during a maneuvering exercise between the Royal Australian Navy and the U.S. Navy. Ashland is in the Indian Ocean participating in Talisman Sabre 2015, a bilateral exercise intended to train Australian and U.S. forces in planning and conducting combined task force operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)