The amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20) (bottom), the amphibious assault USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) (left), the military sealift command underway replenishment oiler USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) (middle), and the Royal Australian Navy frigate helicopter HMAS Anzac (FFH 150) (right) prepare to conduct a multi-ship replenishment-at-sea and vertical replenishment during Talisman Saber 17. Green Bay, 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 Sarah Myers/Released)