190722-Z-MA638-3027 by U.S. Pacific Fleet Via Flickr: BOWEN, Australia (July 22, 2019) With the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) on the horizon, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force amphibious assault vehicle approaches the shore on Kings Beach in Bowen, Queensland, during exercise Talisman Saber 2019. Talisman Saber exercise enhances Australian-U.S. combat readiness and interoperability, allowing maximum combined training opportunities, and maritime prepositioning with logistics operations in maritime and littoral training areas of the Pacific. Talisman Saber also demonstrates U.S. resolve to security operations to a key ally in the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Whitney C. Houston)