U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Brian M. Ellis, left, the air officer for Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, coordinates with Australian Army Bombardier Corey W. Freckleton, a joint terminal attack controller with the 107th Battery, 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, to complete a close-air support mission during a four-day live-fire exercise after Talisman Saber 2013 on Townshend Island, Australia, Aug. 3, 2013. Talisman Saber is a combined biennial exercise between the U.S. and Australian militaries designed to enhance both nations? ability to respond to regional contingencies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Paul Robbins Jr./Released)
Australia’s largest bilateral military exercise with United States, Exercise Talisman Sabre, officially commenced, with an opening ceremony on-board HMAS Canberra. Now in its tenth edition, 2023 is the largest Exercise Talisman Sabre in terms of its geographical area and the number of participating partners. Over the next two weeks 13 nations will participate in high-end multi-domain warfighting across sea, land, air, cyber and space.
The exercise aims to enhance interoperability and develop strong relationships between participating military forces. It will involve field training exercises including force preparation and logistics activities, amphibious landings, ground force manoeuvres, air combat and maritime operations.
Talisman Sabre 2023 will involve more than 30,000 military personnel deploying across Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and New South Wales. For the first time exercises will also take part around Norfolk Island.
In addition to the United States, forces from Canada, Fiji, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of Korea, Tonga and the United Kingdom will participate in the exercise. Personnel from India, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand are attending as observers.
Talisman Sabre 2005 was the inaugural exercise in this series, conducted 12–27 June 2005, in Shoalwater Bay, Rockhampton, Townsville, and the Coral Sea, with 16,000 US and Australian troops. Planning for the exercises began in early 2003, and the exercise was meant to combine elements from previous exercises Tandem Thrust, Kingfisher, and Crocodile. During the exercise, U.S. Pacific Command and Australian Defence Force Joint Operations Command jointly executed more than 25 landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) trips and more than 1,300 Australian S-70A Blackhawk and MH-60S Knight Hawk landings and takeoffs.
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