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The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) receives fuel during a replenishment at sea from the Royal Australian Navy auxiliary oiler replenishment vessel HMAS Success (AOR 304) as U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) steams alongside and guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) trails behind, on June 14, 2005. The ships are operating in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Australia's Queensland region, as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 2005. Talisman Saber is a combined U.S.-Australia command post and field training exercise, demonstrating the U.S. and Australian commitment to the military alliance and regional security.

The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) receives fuel during a replenishment at sea.

The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) receives fuel during a replenishment at sea from the Royal Australian Navy auxiliary oiler replenishment vessel HMAS Success (AOR 304) as U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) steams alongside and guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) trails behind, on June 14, 2005. The ships are operating in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Australia's Queensland region, as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 2005. Talisman Saber is a combined U.S.-Australia command post and field training exercise, demonstrating the U.S. and Australian commitment to the military alliance and regional security.

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