QUEENSLAND, Australia -- Early in the morning on July

QUEENSLAND, Australia -- Early in the morning on July 14, 2019, Maj. Daniel Bourke, the task force executive officer for 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, reviews his notes at the McLachlan assembly area in Shoalwater Bay Training Area during Exercise Hamel, an exercise taking place during Exercise Talisman Saber. Exercises like Talisman Saber provide effective and intense training to ensure U.S. and Australian forces are capable, interoperable, deployable on short notice and combat-ready. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Nicolas A. Cloward)