070623-N-4124C-008 SHOALWATER BAY, Australia (June 23, 2007) Ð Sailors from Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Kanimbla (LPA 51), part of the shipÕs visit, board, search and seizure team, prepare to board a suspicious merchant vessel during boarding drills. Kanimbla, along with sailors and army personnel of the Australia Defense Force, have been working in conjunction with military personnel as part of exercise Talisman Saber 2007 (TS07). TS07 is an Australian and joint and combined exercise designed to prepare both nations in crisis action planning and the execution of contingency oper


070623-N-4124C-008 SHOALWATER BAY, Australia (June 23, 2007) Ð Sailors from Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Kanimbla (LPA 51), part of the shipÕs visit, board, search and seizure team, prepare to board a suspicious merchant vessel during boarding drills. Kanimbla, along with sailors and army personnel of the Australia Defense Force, have been working in conjunction with military personnel as part of exercise Talisman Saber 2007 (TS07). TS07 is an Australian and joint and combined exercise designed to prepare both nations in crisis action planning and the execution of contingency operations. The exercise is meant to improve interoperability, combat readiness and strengthen the alliance. Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76 is the NavyÕs only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force, based in Okinawa, Japan, with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adam R. Cole (RELEASED) US Navy 070623-N-4124C-008 Sailors from Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Kanimbla (LPA 51), part of the ship%%5Ersquo,s visit, board, search and seizure team, prepare to board a suspicious merchant vessel during boarding drills


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