Deck department boat crew Sailors hold all lines steady while their rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) is hoisted back aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63).

Coral Sea (Jun. 22, 2005) Deck department boat crew Sailors hold all lines steady while their rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) is hoisted back aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63). Cowpens is accompanying the conventionally-powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and other ships of the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group, as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 2005. Talisman Sabre is an exercise jointly sponsored by the U.S. Pacific Command and Australian Defense 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 Flannigan File# 050622-N-5781F-034