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Caption:
Coral Sea (June 24, 2005) -- USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) makes a turn to
port while performing a emergency break drill after the completion of a
replenishment at sea (RAS) with the Military Sealift Command (MSC)
underway replenishment ship USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200). Cowpens is
currently operating in the Coral Sea off the coast of Australia's
Queensland region as part of Exercise Talisman Sabrer 2005. Talisman
Sabre is an exercise jointly sponsored by the U.S. Pacific Command and
Australian Defence 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 Photographers
Mate 3rd Class Bo J. Flannigan (RELEASED)
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