Quartermaster 3rd Class Atonyo Wilson takes bearings aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) as the ship conducts maritime maneuvering during Talisman Saber 2017.

CORAL SEA (Jul. 12, 2017) Quartermaster 3rd Class Atonyo Wilson, from Jacksonville, N.C., takes bearings aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) as the ship conducts maritime maneuvering with U.S. and Australian units in a combined expeditionary strike group (ESG) during Talisman Saber 2017. Sterett, part of a combined U.S., Australia and New Zealand ESG, is undergoing a series of scenarios that will increase proficiencies defending the ESG against blue-water threats so amphibious forces can launch Marine forces ashore in the littorals. Talisman Saber is a biennial U.S.-Australia bilateral exercise held off the coast of Australia meant to achieve interoperability and strengthen the U.S.-Australia alliance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Byron C. Linder) File# 170712-N-ZW825-010