Talisman Sabre 2017 – road convoys
Channel: contactpublishing
Date: 13/07/2017

The Mackay Showground saw an influx of military vehicles and personnel, as the bulk of 3rd Brigade made its way from Lavarack Barracks in Townsville, to the Shoalwater Bay Training Area for Talisman Saber 17.

Australian Army Bushmasters, G-Wagons, Unimogs, Macks, Land Rovers and vehicles from the New Zealand Defence Force temporarily called the Mackay Showgrounds home, in order to split the journey.

Over five days, just under 1000 vehicles and just over 1000 personnel passed through the showground gates.

Exercise Talisman Sabre 2017 (TS17) is a biennial combined Australian and United States training activity, designed to train respective military forces in planning and conducting combined task-force operations to improve the combat readiness and interoperability between the respective forces.

This exercise is a major undertaking that reflects the closeness of the two alliance and the strength of the ongoing military-to-military relationship.

The exercise involves more than 30,000 soldier, sailors, airmen and marines.

Now in its seventh iteration, the Talisman Saber series of exercises is the principal Australian and US military training activity focused on the planning and conduct of mid-intensity high-end warfighting in the air, land and maritime domains.

TS17 incorporates force preparation activities, special-forces activities, amphibious landings, parachuting, land-force manoeuvre, urban operations, air operations, maritime operations and a number of live-fire components.





CONTACT Air Land & Sea reports on the people, platforms and operations of the world’s defence forces, particularly Australia. We are dedicated to presenting stories, photos and video that capture the essence of serving-members’ lives, as far as possible in their own words.

Subscribing to our quarterly magazine and fortnightly newsletter is FREE – http://www.aussiecombat.com


CONTACT Air Land & Sea web site is our internet-based headquarters where we publish daily news and other interesting, related items. We also use Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and YouTube as ’embassies’ where we engage our audience, inviting them back to our headquarters.

CONTACT Air Land & Sea newsletter is a free fortnightly email-based publication that draws attention to recent news stories. Its intent is to bring readers the best of the previous fortnight in a handy-reference format, linking back to the original story in our headquarters (web site) – and updating subsequent developments to older stories.

CONTACT Air Land & Sea magazine is a high-quality, full-colour, features-based magazine published four times per year. Initially launched in March 2004 as a traditional paper-based magazine, it switched to digital in 2013. It is now only available by FREE subscription.


Sincerely,

Brian Hartigan
Managing Editor
Contact Publishing Pty Ltd

Mobile - 0408 496 664
Fax - (02) 4293 1010

PO Box 3091
Minnamurra
NSW 2533
AUSTRALIA

http://www.militarycontact.com
http://www.aussiecombat.com
http://www.issuu.com/contactpublishing
http://www.facebook.com/contactmagazine
http://www.youtube.com/contactpublishing
http://www.pinterest.com/contactmagazine
http://www.twitter.com/aussiecontact