INDIAN OCEAN (July 11th, 2015) - Sailors onboard the USS Ashland (LSD 48) get ready to lower a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat into the ocean before an amphibious assault vehicle exercise gets under way during 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)