13 July 2015 US Navy, Marines Integrate to Improve Maritime Missions during Talisman Sabre TIMOR SEA -- Marines embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) and introduced the Joint Automated Deep Operation Coordination System (JADOCS) during exercise Talisman Sabre 15 (TS15).According to Marine Cpl. Steward Bach, a JADOCS operator, their visit aboard...
13 July 2015 Sailors and Marines Enhance Partnership with Singapore Armed Forces during 21st CARAT Exercise SINGAPORE -- The 21st annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore exercise commenced July 13 at Changi Naval Base, with an opening ceremony and a host of bilateral exchanges. CARAT Singapore is part of a series of bilateral naval exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed...
13 July 2015 Amphibious Operations Storm Ashore for Talisman Sabre 2015 FOG BAY, Australia - U.S. and Australian forces stormed the beaches of Fog Bay July 11, executing joint amphibious operations, the largest and most complex joint amphibious training of its kind, as part of Talisman Sabre 2015.To kick off the amphibious landing, a line of assault amphibious vehicles...
13 July 2015 USNS Millinocket, Pacific Partnership Arrive in Solomon Islands HONIARA, Solomon Islands - The Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) arrived in Honiara, Solomon Islands, July 10 for the ship’s third stop of Pacific Partnership 2015. Millinocket and embarked Task Force Forager, led by an expeditionary command element from the...
13 July 2015 George Washington Builds Relationships with Japan, Australia, New Zealand during Talisman Sabre TIMOR SEA (NNS) -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) welcomed distinguished visitors from Japan, Australia and New Zealand to learn about and experience aircraft carrier operations during Talisman Sabre 2015 (TS15), July 11.The tour familiarized George Washington's...
13 July 2015 U.S. Marines and Timor-Leste Defence Force Members Wrap Up Exercise Koa Moana 15.2 DILI, Timor-Leste -- A platoon of U.S. Marines with Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, and Timor-Leste Defence Force members completed Exercise Koa Moana 15.2 in Dili, Timor-Leste, June 26. The Marines embarked on the USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) and arrived...
08 July 2015 US Service Members Head Down Under for Talisman Sabre 15 ROCKHAMPTON, Australia -- More than 400 Army paratroopers, from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, parachuted from seven C-17 Globemasters onto Kapyong Air Field, Australia, as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 15, July 8.Talisman Sabre is a biennial exercise, which provides an...
08 July 2015 Pacific Partnership Concludes Successful Mission in Federated States of Micronesia KOLONIA, Pohnpei – The citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the members of Pacific Partnership 2015 celebrated a successful visit to the country with a closing ceremony and Fourth of July celebration in Kolonia, Pohnpei. The celebration, co-hosted by the United States Embassy,...
08 July 2015 Rockhampton Hosts U.S., Australian Militaries for Talisman Sabre Opening Day ROCKHAMPTON, Australia -- Australian and United States service members marked the start of Talisman Sabre 15 with Opening Day events at the Rockhampton Showgrounds July 5, 2015.Talisman Sabre brings U.S. and Australian forces together for large-scale training events to focus on partnership and...
08 July 2015 Anti-submarine Warfare Exercise Promotes Stability, Security during Talisman Sabre TIMOR SEA (NNS) -- The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG) participated in a multi-unit anti-submarine warfare exercise (ASWEX) as part of Talisman Sabre 2015 (TS15), July 7-8.During the exercise the strike group executed ASW search and tracking tactics against live submarine targets."The...