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Caption:
Coral Sea (June 18, 2005) - Supply Department personnel attach a cargo
pendant to an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea
Combat Squadron Two Five (HCS-25), during a vertical replenishment
aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk.
Kitty Hawk is currently operating in the Coral Sea off the coast of
Australia's Queensland region as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2005.
Talisman Sabre is an exercise jointly sponsored by the U.S. Pacific
Command and Australian Defense Force Joint Operations Command, and
designed to train the U.S. Seventh Fleet commander's staff and
Australian Joint Operations staff as a designated Combined Task Force
(CTF) headquarters. The exercise focuses on crisis action planning and
execution of contingency response operations. U.S. Pacific Command
units and Australian forces will conduct land, sea and air training
throughout the training area. More than 11,000 U.S. and 6,000
Australian personnel will participate. U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Bo Flannigan (RELEASED)
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