USS Bonhomme Richard aerial photography, RAS [Image 42 of 154]

CORAL SEA

07.09.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Villegas 

U.S. Navy           

170710-N-YG104-006 CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Brice Mora, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, communicates in flight as his crew takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during Talisman Saber. 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 2nd Class Sarah Villegas/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.09.2016
• Date Posted: 07.12.2017 00:18
• Photo ID: 3559520
• VIRIN: 170710-N-YG104-006
• Resolution: 3936x2624
• Size: 1.06 MB
• Location: CORAL SEA