050623-N-5781F-271 Coral Sea (June 23, 2005) Ð The guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), foreground, and the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) underway in formation in preparation to fire the ship's MK-45 5-inch lightweight guns during a ship sinking exercise. Accompanying USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and part of the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group, Fitzgerald and John Paul Jones are currently operating in the Coral Sea in support of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2005. Talisman Sabre is an exercise jointly sponsored by the Pacific Command and Australian Defence Force J
050623-N-5781F-271 Coral Sea (June 23, 2005) Ð The guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), foreground, and the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) underway in formation in preparation to fire the ship's MK-45 5-inch lightweight guns during a ship sinking exercise. Accompanying USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and part of the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group, Fitzgerald and John Paul Jones are currently operating in the Coral Sea in support of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2005. Talisman Sabre is an exercise jointly sponsored by the Pacific Command and Australian Defence Force Joint Operations Command, and designed to train the 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. Pacific Command units and Australian forces will conduct land, sea and air training throughout the training area. More than 11,000 and 6,000 Australian personnel will participate. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 3rd Class Bo J. Flannigan (RELEASED) US Navy 050623-N-5781F-271 The guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), foreground, and the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) underway in formation in preparation to fire the ship's MK-45 5-inch lig
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