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08 June 2005
Exercise Talisman Sabre 2005 Press release onboard USS BLUE RIDGE

Press release onboard USS BLUE RIDGE involving Major General Mark Kelly, Commander 1st Division and Deployable Joint Force Headquarters ADF and Vice Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Commander U.S. Seventh Fleet.

Background to the Conference is as follows - Exercise Talisman Sabre 2005 is a combined US/Australian exercise involving more than 17,000 personnel from Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine and Special Forces units.

The exercise commences on June 12, with a troop build-up now nearing completion in Rockhampton and Townsville and Fleet concentration occurring in the Coral Sea.

Talisman Sabre's primary aim is to conduct collective training and exercise inter-operability between Australian and US forces.

Based on fictional scenarios, the exercise will include combined Special forces operations, parachute drops, amphibious landings, artillery and infantry manoeuvres, air combat training and advanced maritime opertations.

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Press release onboard USS BLUE RIDGE involving Major General Mark Kelly, Commander 1st Division and Deployable Joint Force Headquarters ADF and Vice Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Commander U.S. Seventh Fleet.
(Date taken: 7 June 2005)
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Press release onboard USS BLUE RIDGE involving Major General Mark Kelly, Commander 1st Division and Deployable Joint Force Headquarters ADF and Vice Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Commander U.S. Seventh Fleet.
(Date taken: 7 June 2005)
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Press release onboard USS BLUE RIDGE involving Major General Mark Kelly, Commander 1st Division and Deployable Joint Force Headquarters ADF and Vice Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Commander U.S. Seventh Fleet
(Date taken: 7 June 2005)
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Press release onboard USS BLUE RIDGE involving Major General Mark Kelly, Commander 1st Division and Deployable Joint Force Headquarters ADF and Vice Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Commander U.S. Seventh Fleet.
(Date taken: 7 June 2005)
low-res | hi-res