Talisman Saber
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Talisman Sabre is a biennial military exercise that trains Australian and U.S. forces to plan and conduct combined task force operations to improve combat readiness and interoperability. This page is intended to provide updated information and discussion on exercise Talisman Saber. Please visit the official homepage at http://www.defence.gov.au/exercises/ts17/..
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facebook.comCheck out this great video from the US Army's 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, a key participant in #TalismanSaber 17.
The 2017 iteration of Exercise Talisman Saber was officially closed at a ceremony aboard the carrier USS Ronald Reagan berthed in the Port of Brisbane. Member for Petrie, Mr Luke Howarth MP, Commander US Pacific Fleet, Admiral Scott H. Swift, Commanding General, US Army Pacific, General Robert B. Brown, Chief Joint Operations, Vice Admiral David Johnston, AM RAN, and US Consul General Valerie were among the dignitaries attending the ceremony. The biennial Talisman Saber series of exercises is the principal Australian and US military training activity focused on the planning and conduct of mid-intensity “high end” warfighting in the air, land and maritime domains. Talisman Saber 2017 incorporated force preparation activities, Special Forces activities, amphibious landings, parachuting, land force manoeuvre, urban operations, air operations, maritime operations and a number of live fire components. #TalismanSaber
With the field training phase of Exercise Talisman Saber 2017 now over - take a look at 15 of the best images submitted by our photographers in the field over the last three weeks.
Meet the team that’s behind @TalismanSabre on facebook, Twitter, Instagram and a lot of the vision and imagery you’ve seen in news media coverage of the exercise. The Talisman Saber 17 Combined Joint Information Bureau (CJIB) is made up of Military Public Affairs Officers and Imagery Specialists from the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, the Royal Australian Air Force, The United States Army, The Washington Army National Guard, The United States Air Force, the United States Navy, The United States Marine Corps and the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Our Military Camera Teams and Military Reporters have been on the job in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, aboard US and Royal Australian Navy ships in the Coral Sea, Rockhampton, RAAF Townsville, RAAF Amberley, and Enoggera Barracks in Brisbane, with additional imagery and stories coming in from Hawaii and Alaska. We have taken thousands of images, edited hours of video, and facilitated access for dozens of civilian journalists covering the exercise. We have been honoured to tell the Talisman Saber story over the last month, highlighting the close cooperation and interoperability between Australian and US forces, and with additional contributing forces from Japan, Canada and New Zealand. Thank you for following. See you in 2019!
As we reach the end of the Field Training Exercise component of Talisman Saber 17, the exercise's Combined Joint Information Bureau has produced a short video incorporating some of the best vision captured by our Military Camera Teams over the last three weeks. Make sure you watch with the sound on. Video edited by Staff Sergeant Tom Conning of the Washington Army National Guard. Thank you for your support.
Air transport and combat air support are two of the most complex capabilities on the battlefield, with hundreds of supporting assets to coordinate. Without aviation support during Exercise Talisman Saber 17, combat troops could not have been where they were needed to be and would not have had the reinforcement from the air that is required to win.
While the Field Training Exercise (FTX) component of Exercise Talisman Saber 17 is starting to wrap up, the Command Post Exercise (CPX) is still in full swing with 700 personnel hard at work in multiple locations across 12 time zones in South Korea, Australia, Hawaii and the continental United States. Check out the infographic below.
Maritime operations were a vital component to the overall success of Exercise Talisman Saber 17. Without the support of all 26 ships in the fleet including USS GREEN BAY (LPD 20), USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) HMAS Success, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Barry - DDG 52, USS Sterett (DDG 104), HMAS Canberra III, HMAS Choules, Royal Australian Navy, U.S. Navy, USS Ashland (LSD 48) Talisman Saber wouldn't be the complete, valuable, high-end warfighting training that it is!
Did you have a good laugh when American troops tasted VEGEMITE (http://bit.ly/2vtjq4F)? Then you'll also get a kick out of an Aussie and two Kiwis taste some American foods ... Slim Jims, Tootsie Rolls and JET-PUFFED Marshmallows marshmallow creme. Enjoy! New Zealand Army NZ Defence Force Royal Australian Navy
#IntheNews The culminating battle for Exercise Talisman Saber 17.
Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Imagery Specialist Jake Badior captured the #PhotoOfTheDay! Australian Army Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Pashley, CSC, speaks on his radio during a contact at Shoalwater Bay Training Area as part of #ExerciseTalisman Saber 17. To see more great imagery from the exercise go here: images.defence.gov.au/s20171436 and https://www.dvidshub.net/feature/ExerciseTalismanSaber17
Check out these fierce young Military Working Dogs in training! United States Navy members from Electronic Attack Squadron 132 in Amberley for TS17 visit puppies from the Royal Australian Air Force Military Working Dog breeding facility during #TalismanSaber.
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