210719-N-N1109-004 CORAL SEA (July 25, 2021) - USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204), right, resupplies ROKS Wang Geon (DDH-978), a Republic of Korea Navy Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer in the Coral Sea, July 19, 2021, as part of Talisman Sabre 21. This is the ninth iteration of Talisman Sabre, a large-scale, bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States involving more than 17,000 participants from seven nations. The month-long, multi-domain exercise consists of a series of training events that reinforce the strong U.S.-Australian alliance and demonstrate the U.S. military’s unwavering commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.