International Forces to Arrive Ahead of Exercise Talisman Sabre

摘要

International forces participating in Exercise Talisman Sabre, Australia's largest bilateral training activity with the United States, will arrive into Australia throughout June and July. Participating foreign military personnel from the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom will undertake 14-days mandatory quarantine in approved Australian Defence Force (ADF) managed facilities. France, India and Indonesia will participate as observer nations. Chief of joint operations, Lt Gen Greg Bilton, said the scale of this year's exercise will be reduced due to COVID-19, with around 17,000 personnel expected to participate. "Around 1,800 foreign military personnel will arrive in Australia for this year's exercise. We will also have part of the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin participating, as well as naval and air assets exercising exclusively off-shore," Lt Gen Bilton said. "The ADF, together with our United States and visiting partner nations, are committed to delivering a safe exercise, not just for the personnel involved, but the community as well.