Exercise Talisman Sabre is conducted biennially and is the largest combined training activity between the Australian Defence Force and the United States military and is designed to test the respective forces in planning and conducting combined (multinational) and joint (multi-service) military operations. It aims to improve the combat readiness and interoperability between Australian and United States’ (US) forces and other partner nations.
Talisman Sabre reflects the strength of Defence’s alliance with the US and commitment to working with like-minded partners in the region.
Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 (TS23) will run from 22 July to 4 August 2023 and will be the 10th and largest iteration of the exercise. It will consist of field training exercises incorporating force preparation activities, amphibious landings, ground force manoeuvres, and air combat and maritime operations.
Forces will be moving into Australian training areas from mid-July 2023.
More than 30,000 military personnel from 13 nations will directly participate in TS23, with others attending the exercise as observers.
Fiji, France, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand Papua New Guinea, Tonga, the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany will attend as participants. The Philippines, Singapore and Thailand will also attend as observers to the exercise.
In 2011 members of 4 Combat Engineer Regiment took part in Talisman Sabre and the following photos were taken during the exercise.
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Photos donated by Eric (Jock) Howatt
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