150708-N-BX824-029 TIMOR SEA Gunner's Mate Seaman Apprentice Pedro Beal, from El Paso, Texas, passes a Mk 45 5-inch projectile to Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Andrew Friend, from Goldsboro, N.C., aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam in preparation of a live-fire exercise in support of Talisman Sabre 2015. TS is a biennial exercise that provides an invaluable opportunity for nearly 30,000 U.S. and Australian defense forces to conduct operations in a combined, joint and interagency environment that will increase both countries' ability to plan and execute a full range of operations from combat missions to humanitarian assistance efforts.