U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Cripps, with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes position with an M249 light machine gun on the beach at Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, Australia, during an amphibious landing for Talisman Sabre 2011 on July 19, 2011. Talisman Sabre is a combined biennial exercise between the U.S. and Australian militaries designed to enhance both nations? ability to respond to regional contingencies.