A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III fly’s off the coast of Queensland, Australia, before air dropping U.S. Army Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 509th infantry Brigade into Kapyon drop zone during Exercise Talisman Sabre July 8, 2015. Exercise Talisman Sabre is a U.S. Pacific Command- sponsored exercise that trains PACOM forces in a high-end, mid-intensity warfighting scenario involving a Combined Task Force. PACOM forces and Australian Defense Forces will establish, constitute, command and control a Combined Task Force of U.S. and Australian forces that will enable assessment of the primary training audiences in order to exercise combined operational warfighting in the Pacific theater.