Keywords: 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.jpg en Coral Sea June 23 2005 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 U S Pacific Command and Australian Defence 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 J Flannigan RELEASED 2005-06-23 050623-N-5781F-271 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 25586 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Bo J Flannigan PD-USGov-Military-Navy General views of USS Fitzgerald DDG-62 USS John Paul Jones DDG-53 Groups of naval ships of the United States Talisman Sabre 2005 |