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Caption:
Coral Sea (June 13, 2005) -- Soldiers from the 1st Battalion Australian
Regiment are led down to the well deck aboard the amphibious assault
ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) for debarkation training in preparation of
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. 7th 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 Christopher Elmini (RELEASED)
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