150715-N-KM939-458 INDIAN OCEAN (July 15, 2015) - Sailors participate in an M9 qualification live-fire exercise on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48). 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)