ADMIRALTY GULF (July 9th, 2015) - Sailors onboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) rig mooring lines to dock the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1666 assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, inside the well deck of the ship at the end of an Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) exercise for Talisman Sabre 2015. Ashland is in the Indian Ocean participating in Talisman Sabre 2015, Talisman Sabre is a bilateral exercise intended to train Australian and U.S. forces in planning and conducting combined task force operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications 3rd Class David A. Cox)