"Never Forget our Sailors, for they are greatest and most valuable asset in The Navy; we must treat them as such."
October 2008: Recently detached from USS KITTY HAWK; on our way to Sunny Florida for Shore Duty after 6 1/2 years on FDNF/Aurdous Duty in Japan...
March 2009-July 2010: Served @ NATTC PENSACOLA FLORIDA, AS AO(A1) "A" SCHOOL CIRRICULUM CHIEF/AOA1 INSTRUCTOR NATTC AND MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT CAREER COUNSELOR... I. Y. A. O. Y. A. S.!!!
July 2010: Currently AO Schoolhouse Course Supervisor... HooYAH Ordies - HooYAH CHIEFS!
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I would like to hear from all of my shipmates I served/currently serving with; it would be great to hear from you all. It's me: T-Bong.
"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them." - Ann Landers
Description Talisman Sabre 2007 involved 26,000 US and Australian troops over 10 June – 25 July. The exercise primarily took place at Shoalwater Bay, the Townsville Field Training Area, and the Bradshaw Field Training Area in central Queensland and in the Northern Territory. The exercise also involved the use of civilian airports including Sydney and Brisbane, and RAAF Base Amberley. A focal point of the exercises was a joint amphibious landing that involved the launch of more than 2,500 personnel from six ships early on 20 June.
Exercise Talisman Sabre (also spelled Talisman Saber, the US English alternative title) is a biennial, multinational military exercise led by Australia and the United States. Talisman Sabre involves joint exercises performed by the Australian Defence Force and the United States Military across six locations in northern and central Australia, the Coral Sea, and in Honolulu, Denver, and Suffolk, Va., though the bulk of the exercises are concentrated at the Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area and other locations in northern and central Australia and Australia's territorial sea and exclusive economic zone.
To reflect its bilateral nature, the leadership of the exercise switches between Australia and the US every 2 years.[2] The exercise focuses on crisis-action planning and contingency response, enhancing both nations' military capabilities to deal with regional contingencies and the War on Terrorism. The exercise is historically held in odd-numbered years starting from 2005, with the tenth iteration taking place in 2023.