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    Task Force Ashland Conducts Cross-Deck Subject Matter Expert Exchange with Australian Sailors [Image 1 of 14]

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    Task Force Ashland Conducts Cross-Deck Subject Matter Expert Exchange with Australian Sailors

    SOUTH CHINA SEA

    04.13.2026

    Photo by Sgt. Brian Knowles 

    15th Marine Expeditionary Unit

    U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Task Force Ashland, I Marine Expeditionary Force, speak to Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Leading Seaman Brayden Kennedy, center, a boatswain’s mate assigned to RAN Anzac-class frigate HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156), during a cross-deck subject matter expert exchange aboard Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) as part of a multilateral exercise alongside the Royal Australian Navy and Canadian Armed Forces in the South China Sea, April 14, 2026. TF Ashland is a flexible, forward-deployed crisis response force led by the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Purpose-built to integrate with Allies and partners, TF Ashland supports a free and open Indo-Pacific

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    Date Taken: 04.13.2026
    Date Posted: 04.21.2026 12:28
    Photo ID: 9629459
    VIRIN: 260414-M-FG738-1029
    Resolution: 5504x3090
    Size: 2.3 MB
    Location: SOUTH CHINA SEA

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