Keywords: US Navy 050622-N-5781F-034 Deck department boat crew Sailors hold all lines steady while their rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) is hoisted back aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63).jpg en Coral Sea June 22 2005 - Deck department boat crew Sailors hold all lines steady while their rigid hull inflatable boat RHIB is hoisted back aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens CG 63 Cowpens is accompanying the conventionally-powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 and other ships of the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 2005 Talisman Sabre is an exercise jointly sponsored by the U S Pacific Command and Australian Defense Force Joint Operations Command and designed to train the U S Seventh Fleet commander's staff and Australian Joint Operations staff as a designated Combined Task Force CTF headquarters The exercise focuses on crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations U S Pacific Command units and Australian forces will conduct land sea and air training throughout the training area More than 11 000 U S and 6 000 Australian personnel will participate U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Bo Flannigan RELEASED 2005-06-22 050622-N-5781F-034 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 25600 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Bo Flannigan PD-USGov-Military-Navy Rigid-hulled inflatable boats Aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 Talisman Sabre 2005 |