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Biggest US / Australia joint military exercise EVER on Australian shores
FROM: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-19/t ... ng/4831322
Thousands of troops land at Shoalwater Bay in Talisman Sabre military exercise
By Paul Robinson and Elaine Ford
Updated Sat Jul 20, 2013 6:27am AEST

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Photo: Sailors and Marines conduct well deck operations aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, USS Bonhomme Richard. (US Navy/MCS 2nd Class Andrew B Church)

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Nearly 30,000 US and Australian troops have taken part in an amphibious landing in the joint US-Australian military exercise Talisman Sabre at Shoalwater Bay near Rockhampton in central Queensland.

Brigadier Bob Brown, spokesman for Exercise Talisman Sabre 2013, says every two years, the US and Australia come together to participate in a large-scale military exercise.

"This is our largest military exercise and reflects the importance of the relationship with the US - our most enduring military relationship," he said.

He says for this year's exercise the US brought significant forces.

"There are about 28,000 to 30,000 troops taking part overall," he said.

"In terms of platforms, about 16 US ships, and 11 Australian ships.

"We've got air assets all the way down the coast from Townsville to Amberley and the US 7th fleet are commanding the operation."

Australia's emerging amphibious ability
Brigadier Brown says the exercise began earlier this week with major maritime and air operations being staged in the region.

But he says today's amphibious landing has been a crucial experience for Australian troops.

"Positioned as we are in the South Pacific with our island neighbours, it's an obvious capability we had to have, so that's why it's featured so heavily in this exercise," he said.

"In the context of Australia's emerging amphibious ability - we're going to be purchasing two very large amphibious ships in the next couple of years.

"It enables Australia to being able to demonstrate in our own minds, that we've been able to achieve that first step on the road ... as to our interim amphibious capability.

"We're looking towards Talisman Sabre in 2017 for the full capability, once we've got the two ships fully worked up and commissioned."

Brigadier Brown the chance to work closely with the US, particularly its amphibious group, has also been critical for Australian troops.

"The ability to mix with the US at that level is invaluable," he said.

"We just don't have the opportunity to do it before, particularly in the maritime side.

"The US 7th fleet - the largest fleet in the world operating in the Pacific - our ability to then inject in that - we've got HMAS Sydney embedded in there.

"We've got our amphibious forces now as part of the amphibious-ready group, so it's just an invaluable opportunity."

He says the US brought all their "very impressive" array of amphibious capabilities.

"The hovercrafts, the armoured assault vehicles coming across the beach," he said.

Joint parachute battalion

Brigadier Brown says a battalion-size group also parachuted into Shoalwater Bay after a 17-hour flight straight from Alaska.

"It is about 300 to 400 on this occasion - both US army troops but we've also got some Australian parachute jump instructors coming as well," he said.

"In a sense, it's an Australian and US-combined parachute assault."

He also says the exercise also focussed on disaster relief and humanitarian efforts.

"The spin-offs here for disaster relief and humanitarian relief operations is a big part of what we do here," he said.

"The scenarios are written as such at some point in the exercise there will be a humanitarian problem - refugees, displaced persons etc, which is realistic.

"That's when you have to work both other government agencies, NGOs etc bring them into the party.

"Certainly in every conflict we've been involved in overseas in recent years, strong interaction with the civil side.

"You want to set the conditions for security but ultimately you then want to reconstruct the country you're in, help them get back on their feet economically.

"That's when all those other agencies have to come in as well."

Shoalwater Bay 'the perfect place'
Meanwhile, Commander Bryon Johnson of the USS Bonhomme Richard says Shoalwater Bay is an ideal location for major operations like an amphibious landing.

"Australia's a beautiful country - very, very diverse environment and where Shoalwater Bay is provides an excellent training venue to provide this sort of combined training," he said.

"It provides an excellent land space for landing forces when they come ashore.

"It's a very special exercise because there are very few like it that offer the opportunity for a very large scale of joint demonstration of capabilities between both of our countries - Australia and the United States."

Commander Johnson says many of the landing craft have been launched from the USS Bonhomme Richard, which has 3,000 personnel on board.

"Any amphibious assault is a very complex manoeuvre that requires synchronisation across space and time to be effective, without loss of personnel or damage to craft," he said.

"It's a very complex scenario and it provides a great deal of opportunity for us to train across the spectrum of our capabilities.

"There's an area I think it's aptly name - it's called the 'dismal area' - but it's a great place for troops when they're operating ashore to get a wide variety of different environments to work in and operate in.

"It adequately represents some of complexities that you may find.

"The water space area very near the shoreline is such a good home for amphibious operations, so Shoalwater Bay is a perfect place for this type of training."

Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, air-force, army, navy, reserve-forces, treaties-and-alliances, shoalwater-4702, rockhampton-4700, australia, united-states

First posted Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:02pm AEST
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