 USS George Washington welcomed aboard 22 distinguished visitors from Australia, including the US Ambassador, members of the private sector and various media. After landing aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, these guests had the opportunity to see first-hand Australia and US forces working together during exercise Talisman Sabre 13. We got to see some Growlers and some F-18s and other great aircraft that was manufactured here in Australia. Talisman Sabre is a bi-annual training event aimed at improving Australian Defense Force and US combat readiness and interoperability as a combined joint task force. Our similarity of tactics, techniques and procedures and the equality of our systems in anti-submarine warfare, anti-air warfare and anti-surface warfare is demonstrated and validated during this exercise. For USS George Washington, I'm Petty Officer Brian Abel.