09 July 2015 Paratroopers Bring Unique Capability to Australia Exercise About 400 Soldiers, including a handful of Airmen and Marines, parachuted onto Kapyong Drop Zone, Williamson Airfield, in the northeast state of Queensland, the morning of July 8, as part of exercise Talisman Sabre 15.The Soldiers, almost all of whom were from 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry...
09 July 2015 George Washington Carrier Strike Group improves combat efficiency with dynamic war-at-sea exercise during Talisman Sabre The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG), the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy completed a dynamic war-at-sea exercise (WASEX) as part of Talisman Sabre 2015 (TS15), July 8-9. WASEX simulated searching for and engaging hostile surface warships in order to improve joint...
09 July 2015 USNS Millinocket to visit Solomon Islands for Pacific Partnership The Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) will arrive 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 Navy's 30th Naval...
09 July 2015 Lasson Promotes Maritime Security in South China Sea The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) continues to patrol the South China Sea since the end of May 2015 in support of security and stability in the region.Since August 2013, Destroyer Squadron 15 DDGs have routinely operated in the South China Sea. During these...
09 July 2015 Australia, U.S. Partnership Journeys to Outback Next week, the U.S. Army’s 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division is scheduled to jump with Australian jumpmasters as part of the joint forcible entry operation dubbed Operation Talisman Saber which serves two primary...