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Caption:
Coral Sea (June 14, 2005) -- The conventionally powered aircraft
carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) receives fuel during a replenishment at
sea from the Royal Australian Navy auxiliary oiler replenishment ship
HMAS Success (AOR 304). The guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63)
and the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) trail
astern. 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 2nd Class William H. Ramsey (RELEASED)
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