EXERCISE
TALISMAN
SABRE
A
USTRALIAN and United
States defence forces proved their
interoperability in a major land
warfare scenario in the Shoalwater
Bay Training Area last month with an
intense fi nal assault on the ‘enemy’.
More than 33,000 soldiers, sailors,
airmen and marines from Australia,
the US, New Zealand, Japan and
Canada spent the past three weeks
involved in the realistic, scenario-
based military exercise Talisman
Sabre 2017 (TS17). The exercise took
place in Central Queensland, with
elements also supporting the mission
in Brisbane, Townsville and Hawaii.
A soldier from 1RAR keeps watch for
enemy during a contact at Shoalwater
Bay Training Area
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