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Caption:
Queensland, Australia (June 19, 2005) -- A U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air
Cushion (LCAC), assigned to Assault Craft Unit Five (ACU-5), approaches
the beach of Sabina Point during 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 1st Class David A. Levy (RELEASED)
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