U.S. Army Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 509 infantry
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U.S. Army Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 509 infantry Brigade prepare parachutes and equipment for a static line airdrop from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globe Master III into Kapyon drop zone, Australia during Exercise Talisman Sabre July 8, 2015, over the Pacific Ocean. Exercise Talisman Sabre is a U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM)- sponsored exercise that trains PACOM forces in a high-end, mid-intensity warfighting scenario involving a Combined Task Force (CTF). PACOM forces and Australian Defense Forces (ADF) will establish, constitute, command and control a Combined Task Force (CTF-660) of U.S. and Australian forces that will enable assessment of the primary training audiences in order to exercise combined operational warfighting in the Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson/Released)
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