Australian Army Soldiers, 3rd Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a dawn static line parachute jump from a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft over the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA) in Rockhampton, Australia as part of exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2005. TALISMAN SABRE is an exercise jointly sponsored by the US Pacific Comm (USPACOM) Australian Defense Force Joint Operations Comm, designed to train the US 7th Fleet Commer's staff Australian Joint Operations staff as a designated Combined Task Force (CTF) headquarters. The exercise focuses on crisis action planning execution of contingency response operations. USPACOM units Australian forces will conduct l, sea...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: Australian Army Soldiers, 3rd Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a dawn static line parachute jump from a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft over the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA) in Rockhampton, Australia as part of exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2005. TALISMAN SABRE is an exercise jointly sponsored by the US Pacific Command (USPACOM) and Australian Defense Force Joint Operations Command, and designed to train the US 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. USPACOM units and Australian forces will conduct land, sea and air training throughout the training area. More than 11,000 US and 6,000 Australian personnel will participate. (SUBSTANDARD)

Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area

State: Queensland

Country: Australia (AUS)

Scene Camera Operator: CPL Bernard Pearson, Adf

Release Status: Released to Public
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