US Navy (USN) War Ships conduct Replenishment At Sea (RAS) operations with a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ship, while underway in the Coral Sea as part of Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2005. TALISMAN SABRE is an exercise jointly sponsored by the US Pacific Command (USPACCOM) and Australian Defense Force Joint Operations Command (ADFJOC), and designed to train the US Seventh Fleet Commander's staff and Australian Joint Operations staff as a designated Combined Task Force (CTF) headquarters. Pictured foreground-to-background: The USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis), USS COWPENS (CG 63); the RAN Durance Class Underway Replenishment Vessel HMAS SUCCESS (AOR 304); and the USN...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) War Ships conduct Replenishment At Sea (RAS) operations with a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ship, while underway in the Coral Sea as part of Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2005. TALISMAN SABRE is an exercise jointly sponsored by the US Pacific Command (USPACCOM) and Australian Defense Force Joint Operations Command (ADFJOC), and designed to train the US Seventh Fleet Commander's staff and Australian Joint Operations staff as a designated Combined Task Force (CTF) headquarters. Pictured foreground-to-background: The USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis), USS COWPENS (CG 63); the RAN Durance Class Underway Replenishment Vessel HMAS SUCCESS (AOR 304); and the USN Aircraft Carrier, USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63).
Subject Operation/Series: TALISMAN SABRE 2005
Country: Coral Sea
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 William H. Ramsey, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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