170710-N-RU971-0422 CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) Culinary

170710-N-RU971-0422 CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) Culinary Specialist 1st Class James Peter (left), from Olongapo, Philippines, and Sgt. Edward Owens, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), from Marianna, Fla., transport supplies in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during a replenishment-at-sea during Talisman Saber 17. Bonhomme Richard, part of a combined U.S.-Australia-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 Cameron McCulloch/Released)