1/20Kai Telford, Tyde Telford, and Brody Telford of Airlie Beach with Japanese soldiers T. Yoshikawa and Y. Ishibashi at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day at Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes
Bowen gets up close and personal with armed forces
The event at Bowen on Sunday was a chance for the community learn more about the soldiers that have been a ubiquitous presence in town during a major military exercise.
2/20Lance Corporal Gary Millsom of 3RAR Townsville showing Alisha Kirk, Jayden Kirk, Benjamin Crook, and Ryan Crook of Bowen the inside of a M113 personnel carrier at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day. Picture: Kirra Grimes
3/20Tyler Brush and Addison Brush of Bowen at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day. Picture: Kirra Grimes
4/20Private Bryce Turner of 3RAR Townsville and nine-year-old Isaac Crook of Bowen on top of an M113 armed personnel carrier at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day. Picture: Kirra Grimes
5/20LT COL Laurie Lucas, PTE Sarah Davies, and MAJ Dale Cooper of Exercise Control were in charge of the 'planning, execution, and cleaning up afterwards' of Talisman Sabre 2021 at Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes
6/20Four-year-old Nathaniel Empleo of Bowen in the front seat of a surveillance reconnaissance vehicle at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day. Picture: Kirra Grimes
7/20Denver Jackson and Reef Jackson of Bowen at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day. Picture: Kirra Grimes
8/20US army military police officer Private First Class Carlos Silva, based at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii, and RAAF military police officer Corporal Daniel Jager of Sale, Victoria, supervised the Talisman Sabre exercises at Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes
9/20Hudson Aberson, 7, of Bowen holding an EF88 rifle with Cpl Jason Jackson and PTE Charlie Newton of Townsville's 3RAR DFSW platoon watching on in head and shoulders camouflage at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day. Picture: Kirra Grimes
10/20Exercise Talisman Sabre participants load into an armed personnel carrier after the open day at Port Denison Sailing Club, Bowen on Sunday. Picture: Kirra Grimes
11/20Lilli Carus and Seth Carus of Proserpine holding M4 carbines belonging to California-based US marines Sgt Dahrell Womack and Sgt Joseph Rose at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day at Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes
12/20Ella Kreymborg of Bowen at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day. Picture: Kirra Grimes
13/20Shakita-Rose Daniel-Fenn, Porscha Fenn, Ramiyah Sullivan, and Halliana Fenn of Bowen with PTE Braydon Mylne of Townsville's riflemen at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day. Picture: Kirra Grimes
14/20Civilians learned more about the armed forces at the Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 open day at Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes
15/20Sakae Moriwaki, visiting Australia from Auckland, NZ, enjoyed a chat with Japanese soldiers Master Sergeant Hiroshi Torii, Master Sergeant Kunihiko Unehara, and Sergeant Naoyo Motohashi of Sasebo, Kyushu Island, at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day at Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes
16/20US Marines Lance Corporal Nicholas Osburn and Sergeant Marcus Lee travelled from their base in Okinawa, Japan, to take part in Exercise Talisman Sabre at Bowen. Picture: Kirra Grimes
17/20James Inch of Bowen testing his aim at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day. Picture: Kirra Grimes
18/20Nate Maher of Bowen with 3RAR DFSW Privates Harry F. and Brodie Fisher at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day. Picture: Kirra Grimes
19/2040 Commando Royal Marines Lance Corporal Gary Haggitt and Marine Remel Jordan from Taunton, England, with Bowen kids Chase Howlett, Angel Reid, Zeke Howlett, and Sasha Reid at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day. Picture: Kirra Grimes
20/20Alexis Bell, Scarlett Bell, Ayla Bell, and (back) Coady Bell of Bowen at the Exercise Talisman Sabre open day. Picture: Kirra Grimes
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