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31st MEU Marines rain steel during Talisman Saber 17

Marines with Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, fire an M777A2 155 mm howitzer as part of direct-fire training during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 17, 2017. BLT 3/5 is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and is exploring state-of-the-art concepts and technologies as the dedicated force for Sea Dragon 2025, a Marine Corps initiative to prepare for future battles. Talisman Saber is a biennial exercise designed to improve the interoperability between Australian and U.S. forces. The 31st MEU is taking part in Talisman Saber 17 while deployed on a regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stormy Mendez/Released)

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31st MEU Marines rain steel during Talisman Saber 17

Sgt. William Fabrocini, a fire direction center chief with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, pulls the lanyard on an M777A2 155 mm howitzer as part of direct-fire training during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 17, 2017. Fabrocini, a native of Van Nuys, California, enlisted in 2009 after graduating from Van Nuys High School. BLT 3/5 is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and is exploring state-of-the-art concepts and technologies as the dedicated force for Sea Dragon 2025, a Marine Corps initiative to prepare for future battles. Talisman Saber is a biennial exercise designed to improve the interoperability between Australian and U.S. forces. The 31st MEU is taking part in Talisman Saber 17 while deployed on a regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stormy Mendez/Released)

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31st MEU Marines refine small-arms proficiency during Talisman Saber 17

Lance Cpl. Jacob Colvin, a combat correspondent with the American Forces Network, Yokota Air Base, Japan, currently supporting the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M4 carbine as part of small-arms and machine gun marksmanship training during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 16, 2017. Colvin, 22, is a native of Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 provide essential support to the Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit while supporting Talisman Saber 17. The 31st MEU is taking part in Talisman Saber 17 while deployed on a regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Talisman Saber is a biennial exercise designed to improve the interoperability between Australian and U.S. forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stormy Mendez/Released)

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NECC Training

170716-N-YS140-059 ALAMEDA, Calif. (July 15, 2017) Sailors assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron One (CRS 1) participate in a port and starboard quarter drill. Multiple Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) units participated in a joint exercise designed to train on foundational components of an adaptive force package. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Pearl/Released)

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31st MEU returns to Ashland

170715-N-UX013-530 CORAL SEA (July 15, 2017) Marines attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) embark the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) after conducting a large-scale amphibious assault during exercise during Talisman Saber 17. 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 Jonathan Clay/Released)

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31st MEU conducts Talisman Saber 17

Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Australian Army Soldiers discusses troop movements during an amphibious landing as part of Talisman Saber 17, July 15th, 2017. Talisman Saber is a biennial exercise designed to improve the interoperability between Australian and U.S. forces. The 31st MEU is taking part in Talisman Saber 17 while deployed on its regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonah Baase/Released)

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31st MEU conducts Talisman Saber 17

Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, stage Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts off the coast of Australia during an amphibious landing as part of Talisman Saber 17, July 15th, 2017. Talisman Saber is a biennial exercise designed to improve the interoperability between Australian and U.S. forces. The 31st MEU is taking part in Talisman Saber 17 while deployed on its regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonah Baase/Released)

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31st MEU conducts Talisman Saber 17

Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, navigate Combat Rubber Raiding Craft off the coast of Australia during an amphibious landing as part of Talisman Saber 17, July 15th, 2017. Talisman Saber is a biennial exercise designed to improve the interoperability between Australian and U.S. forces. The 31st MEU is taking part in Talisman Saber 17 while deployed on its regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonah Baase/Released)

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NY National Guard Soldiers training in Australia

Sgt. Jeancarlo Galindo, a team leader assigned to Fox Company, 427th Brigade Support Battalion of the New York Army National Guard, loads a M240B machine gun while preparing to go out on a patrol at Shoalwater Bay, Queensland, Australia, during exercise Talisman Saber, July 15. During the exercise, a series of war games, New York Army National Guard Soldiers fought against, and alongside Australian and New Zealand personnel. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Alexander Rector)

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USS San Diego & ACU-5 LCAC Ops at SUSTEX

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 14, 2017) - A landing craft, air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5, approaches the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22), during amphibious operations as part of a sustainment exercise. San Diego is embarked on a scheduled deployment as part of the America Amphibious Ready Group, which is comprised of more than 1,800 Sailors and 2,600 Marines assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joseph M. Buliavac/Released)

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USS San Diego & VMM-161 Flight Ops at SUSTEX

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 14, 2017) - An MV-22 Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (reinforced) 161, participates in flight operations as part of an America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) sustainment exercise. The America ARG, which is comprised of more than 1,800 Sailors and 2,600 Marines assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22), is on a scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joseph M. Buliavac/Released)

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USS San Diego & VMM-161 Flight Ops at SUSTEX

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 14, 2017) - An MV-22 Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (reinforced) 161, approaches the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) as part of a sustainment exercise. San Diego is embarked on a scheduled deployment as part of the America Amphibious Ready Group, which is comprised of more than 1,800 Sailors and 2,600 Marines assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joseph M. Buliavac/Released)

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USS San Diego & ACU-5 LCAC Ops at SUSTEX

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 14, 2017) - A landing craft, air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5, departs the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22), during amphibious operations as part of a sustainment exercise. San Diego is embarked on a scheduled deployment as part of the America Amphibious Ready Group, which is comprised of more than 1,800 Sailors and 2,600 Marines assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joseph M. Buliavac/Released)

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USS San Diego & ACU-5 LCAC Ops at SUSTEX

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 14, 2017) - A landing craft, air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5, departs the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22), during amphibious operations as part of a sustainment exercise. San Diego is embarked on a scheduled deployment as part of the America Amphibious Ready Group, which is comprised of more than 1,800 Sailors and 2,600 Marines assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) and San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joseph M. Buliavac/Released)

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India Company kicks off Exercise Talisman Saber 17

Lance Cpl. James E. Roberts III, a rifleman with 2nd Platoon, India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, rests during a patrol through the Australia Defense Force’s Townshend Island Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Saber 17, July 14, 2017. The company’s simulated mission included clearing and securing the training area. India Company is the mechanized raid company for the 31st MEU, currently supporting Talisman Saber 17 while deployed on its scheduled patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Talisman Saber is a biennial exercise designed to improve the interoperability between Australian and U.S. forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Amaia Unanue/ Released)

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USS Bonhomme Richard Under the Stars

170714-N-XK809-036 SHOALWATER BAY, Australia (July 14, 2017) Stars light the sky over the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) 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 U.S.-Australian bilateral exercise held off the coast of Australia meant to achieve interoperability and strengthen the U.S.-Australian alliance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class William Sykes/Released)

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Marching time

6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division paratroopers move to set up blocking positions during Exercise Talisman Saber in Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia July 14. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Love)

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Move to contact

6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division paratroopers move to set up blocking positions during Exercise Talisman Saber in Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia July 14. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Love)

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Australia Watch

6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division paratroopers move to set up blocking positions during Exercise Talisman Saber in Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia July 14. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Love)

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Heavy loads

6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division paratroopers move to set up blocking positions during Exercise Talisman Saber in Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia July 14. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Love)

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