Pictures: USS Ronald Reagan in Brisbane

Dozens of families of US sailors and pilots have welcomed the giant US aircraft carrier the USS Ronald Reagan to Brisbane ahead of the Talisman Sabre bilateral training exercises. Get a close up look at the warship in our gallery.

1/39Makenna Klein (6) waves at the ship looking for her dad. The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

2/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

3/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

4/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

5/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

6/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

7/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

8/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

9/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

10/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

11/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

12/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

13/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

14/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

15/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

16/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

17/39Local photographer Cade Mooney captured another war ship crossing the Coast today, believed to be the USS Ronald Reagan.

18/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

19/39Local photographer Cade Mooney captured another war ship crossing the Coast today, believed to be the USS Ronald Reagan.

20/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

21/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

22/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

23/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

24/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

25/39The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

USS RONALD REAGAN - Quinn, 10, Evan, 8, and Reese, 6, said they couldn’t wait to see their dad Brent Jaquith who is the commander of strike fighter squadron VFA27. “I’m going to give him a big hug,” Evan Jaquith said. The children who live at the America base in Iwakuni, Japan, flew down to Brisbane just for the reunion. Sisters, Harper, 7, and Emerson, 9, Chrisp also waited for there uncle who they hadn’t seen in three years. Asked whether they still remember him, they said “a little bit.”

26/39USS RONALD REAGAN - Quinn, 10, Evan, 8, and Reese, 6, said they couldn’t wait to see their dad Brent Jaquith who is the commander of strike fighter squadron VFA27. “I’m going to give him a big hug,” Evan Jaquith said. The children who live at the America base in Iwakuni, Japan, flew down to Brisbane just for the reunion. Sisters, Harper, 7, and Emerson, 9, Chrisp also waited for there uncle who they hadn’t seen in three years. Asked whether they still remember him, they said “a little bit.”

27/39Makenna Klein (6) waves at the ship looking for her dad. The USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Brisbane. Pic Peter Wallis

28/39USS RONALD REAGAN - Quinn, 10, Evan, 8, and Reese, 6, said they couldn’t wait to see their dad Brent Jaquith who is the commander of strike fighter squadron VFA27. “I’m going to give him a big hug,” Evan Jaquith said. The children who live at the America base in Iwakuni, Japan, flew down to Brisbane just for the reunion. Sisters, Harper, 7, and Emerson, 9, Chrisp also waited for there uncle who they hadn’t seen in three years. Asked whether they still remember him, they said “a little bit.”