U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Yarnall checks the rigging

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Yarnall checks the rigging on Spc. Hugh McCall and Spc. Samual McQuaid, from Charlie Troop (Long Range Surveillance), 1st Battalion, 158th Cavalry, Hagerstown, Md. The soldiers rehearsed special purpose insertion and extraction procedures with Australia Defence Force, C Company, 51st Far North Queensland Regiment, Torres Strait, personnel during Talisman Sabre 2011. TS11 is an exercise designed to train U.S. and Australian forces to plan and conduct Combined Task Force operations to improve combat readiness and interoperability on a variety of missions from conventional conflict to peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance efforts. (Photo by U.S. Army Master Sgt. Corine Lombardo)