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Caption:
BRISBANE, Australia (June 6, 2007) -- An Australian police officer
looks on as amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), with embarked
Marines from the 31st MEU, pulls pierside for a scheduled port visit in
advance of Exercise Talisman Saber 2007. Talisman Saber is designed to
maintain a high level of interoperability between U.S. and Australian
military forces, demonstrating the U.S. and Australian commitment to
our military alliance and regional security in wining the global war on
terrorism. Tortuga is forward deployed from Sasebo, Japan and is under
the operational control of the CTF 76 headquartered in White Beach,
Okinawa with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan. U.S. Navy photo
by Lt. Ken Shade (RELEASED)
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