Ashland conducts CONREP [Image 28 of 121]

AUSTRALIA

07.10.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Clay  

U.S. Navy           

170710-N-UX013-1029 CORAL SEA (July 10, 2017) Sailors disconnect a cargo-drop real to move supplies aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) during a connected replenishment (CONREP) with the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) as part of Talisman Saber 17. Ashland, 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 Jonathan Clay/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.10.2017
• Date Posted: 07.13.2017 00:11
• Photo ID: 3563337
• VIRIN: 170710-N-UX013-1029
• Resolution: 5568x3712
• Size: 1.23 MB
• Location: AU