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Exercise Talisman Sabre 05 has concluded. This website is for historical and archive purposes. The current Talisman Saber Exercise can be found by following this link Talisman Sabre 09
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and United States (US) forces
are set to participate in four weeks of intensive training at Shoalwater
Bay, Rockhampton, Townsville and the Coral Sea during Exercise TALISMAN
SABRE 2005 (TS05).
More
than 6,000 Australian and 11,000 US personnel from Navy, Army, Air
Force, Marine and Special Forces units will participate in TS05,
a merger of the TANDEM THRUST and CROCODILE series of exercises.
TS05
will commence on June 12, with a troop build-up now under way in
Rockhampton and, expected to begin in Townsville around May 27.
TALISMAN
SABRE’s primary aim is to conduct collective training and exercise
inter-operability between Australian and US forces.
The
biennial exercise will further develop the ADF’s capability
to undertake joint, combined operations and will help build regional
security and complement our regional partner’s activities with
the US.
Based
on fictional scenarios, the exercise includes combined Special Forces
operations, parachute drops, amphibious landings at Shoalwater Bay,
artillery and infantry manoeuvres, air combat training and advanced
maritime operations.
Safety
is paramount throughout TS05, with the safety of personnel and the
environment the number one consideration. This exercise is being
conducted in accordance with approved environmental rules, guidelines
and audits.
Local
communities will enjoy considerable economic benefits as a result
of the exercise with an estimated spending of about $A4m to $A5m.
Australian
and US web sites designed to provide the community with exercise
information, photographs and videos are available at www.c7f.navy.mil/TS05.
BACKGROUND
Personnel & Equipment
The
majority of ADF land forces, from Townsville’s 3 Brigade (3BDE)
and Darwin’s 1 Brigade (1BDE) will train alongside US troops
primarily at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area near Rockhampton and
in the Townsville area.
Combined Royal Australian Navy (RAN), including HMAS MANOORA and
United States Navy (USN) ships will be exercising off the coast
of Queensland from Brisbane to Shoalwater Bay. The USN will also
be conducting an exercise to sink two decommissioned warships in
international waters about 200km off the Queensland coast
Over 100 aircraft operating from RAAF Base Amberley, RAAF Townsville
and Rockhampton in Queensland and off shore on the USS KITTY HAWK
will participate in TS05 in complex air combat and maritime training
opportunities.
Aircraft involved include Australian F/A-18 Hornet, AP-3C Orion
maritime patrol, PC9, DHC4 Caribou, C-130 Hercules and Army rotary
wing aircraft and US P3, F-18 Hornet, Lear jets, C-130 Hercules,
E-2C Hawkeye, EA-6B Prowlers, C2 Greyhounds aircraft and MH-47 Chinook
and Seahawk helicopters.
Safety & Environment
The
environmental impacts associated with all weaponry used during TS05
have been considered. Defence incorporates practices to minimise
impact on the local environment wherever they occur.
The exercise has also been considered by the Minister for Environment
and Heritage under the provisions of Australia’s domestic environmental
legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
Act 1999.
An Exercise Environmental Monitoring Group has been established
to monitor compliance with stringent exercise environmental protection
instructions.
View
the Environmental Policy document for Exercise Talisman Sabre
View
the Designated Airspace Handbook for Exercise Talisman Sabre
The
above files are Adobe PDF documents, you will need Adobe Acrobat
to view them.
It is a free download here.
View
Maritime Environmental Awareness video (WMV
file format, 30.3MB)
View Shoalwater Bay Training
Area video (WMV file format,
86.4MB)
Community
There
will be increased road traffic in the Rockhampton and Shoalwater
Bay areas and waterway interruptions expected throughout the exercise,
which concludes June 30. There may also be some possible delays
at Rockhampton and Townsville airports as published in aviation
notices.
Defence is very appreciative of the local support provided by the
Shoalwater Bay, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Yeppoon, Townsville and
Ipswich communities with the Shoalwater Bay exercise area, in particular,
providing Defence with an excellent environment to practice and
achieve exercise objectives.
TS05 will include events that will be open to the public. Open days
will be taking place during the Rockhampton Show 15-17 June, with
static displays and demonstrations including ‘Red Berets’
parachuting, an F111 fly-over, and the US Seventh Fleet Band.
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