31st MEU Marines recover aboard USS San Diego during Talisman Sabre in Coral Sea

U.S. Marines with Baker Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, recover aboard the amphibious transport dock USS San Diego (LPD 22), during a shore-to-ship movement, utilizing the Enhanced Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft as a part of exercise Talisman Sabre 25, in the Coral Sea, July 14, 2025. Marines conducted the shore-to-ship movement to improve amphibious raid capabilities and sustain small boat skills. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and interoperability among key allies and partners, while enhancing our collective capabilities to respond to a wide array of potential security concerns. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Trevor BishopWilliams)