Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III returned from a weeklong trip to the Indo-Pacific region with productive stops in both Papua New Guinea and Australia, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said.
This year marks the 10th and largest iteration of Talisman Sabre, a biennial exercise designed to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific.
The president signed an executive order that changes how some crimes — including sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse and murder — are handled within the military justice system.
The U.S. and its allies are sending an unmistakable message of resolve toward maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific during this year’s large-scale military exercise in Australia, the commander of the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Division said.
Troops participating in Talisman Sabre 23 cleared a key milestone as part of a large-scale, joint logistics operation to bring ashore heavy military equipment from ships stationed off the coast of central Queensland, Australia.
Exercise Talisman Sabre is all about preventing war through having as many allies and partners as possible that have like-minded goals, U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Kevin Jarrard, assistant division commander of the 1st Marine Division, said.
Exercise Talisman Sabre is building far more than military expertise and interoperability – it’s building relationships and friendships that will pay off in the years ahead, U.S. and Australian leaders said.
The main message of the annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations in Brisbane, Australia, is that the alliance is stronger today than it ever has been.
