Valiant Shield excersise 2006 & 2007 Pictures

Valiant Shield 2006 Excercise Pictures

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Some pictures of the Valiant Shield 2006 Excercise:

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Australia and the People's Republic of China civilian and military dignitaries observe Exercise Valiant Shield 2006 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

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Re: Valiant Shield 2006 Excercise Pictures

Nice pics..Most are from navy.mil. They have the best pics of any DoD site..

I wonder what the Chinese observers thought of the operations? Espically on an CVN. It's one thing to look at video and pictures. And a completly different experience to witness it in person... I'm sure the USN, USMC & USAF put on a great show.

Knowing how some people are on the US team. The US team was saying this to the observers without uttering a word.."This is what we will let you see. This is just a show. Just the tip of the spear. Do you really want to tangle with us???

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Some more:



Maj. Gen Chip Utterback, USAF Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force 519 gives the thumbs up to Rear Adm. Zhang Leiyu from the People’s Republic of China to press a remote detonator of ordnance that was placed within Apra Harbor as a demonstration performed by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Five. This demonstration was part of a static display for dignitaries from Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and Singapore after they toured Naval Base Guam. The group also observed demonstrations by Navy Special Warfare Unit Two and Mobile Security Squadron Seven during their tour. The thirty three foreign dignitaries are currently here to observe the U.S. Pacific Command exercise Valiant Shield 2006 which involves approximately 22,000 Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Soldiers and Coast Guardsmen, one of the largest joint-military exercises in the Pacific in more than a decade. (U.S. Navy photo by PH2 (AW) John F. Looney)

Re: Valiant Shield 2006 Excercise Pictures

bd popeye said:

Nice pics..Most are from navy.mil. They have the best pics of any DoD site..

I wonder what the Chinese observers thought of the operations? Espically on an CVN. It's one thing to look at video and pictures. And a completly different experience to witness it in person... I'm sure the USN, USMC & USAF put on a great show.

Knowing how some people are on the US team. The US team was saying this to the observers without uttering a word.."This is what we will let you see. This is just a show. Just the tip of the spear. Do you really want to tangle with us???

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As I told the MSNBC producer in an email conversation:

Invitation is intended to highlight two things to China:

1. Show of force to China as a means of deterrance for Taiwan: Show what United States has in store as far as military strength is concerned for China in its Pacific fleet. It also allows china to observe how United States military works and may use the information obtained from these observation to further enhance its own military capability and intelligence.

2. Build closer military ties so that political leadership finds it easier to build confidence and work on potential problems such as Taiwan issue, human rights accusations, etc.

Also, it could be that US is hoping that China would also invite United States to one of its military excercises and observe latest frigates, submarines and other weapons that China is developing and has inducted into its armed forces (China has also invited US in 2003 and 2005 to observe its military excercises in the past). [deleted] and really depends on the political front that is to follow the guam excercise and how much confidence both of the countries build.

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It's getting significant play on Xinhua's Chinese site too



Several pages follow this one, all in Chinese for anyone who reads it.

All good to see - such observation of each other's exercises by NATO and Warsaw Pact in late 1980s helped to lower tensions and increase understanding in Europe.

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PACOM set up a specfic web page for this excersise.



Check the list of participants...Impressive....

The following U.S. forces are participating in Valiant Shield 06:

Joint Task Force 519 staff, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Joint Task Force 519 Joint Force Air Component Command, Kenney Headquarters, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
Joint Task Force 519 Joint Force Maritime Component Command, aboard USS Blue Ridge

United States Navy:
Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group

USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), Yokosuka, Japan Carrier
Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW 5), Atsugi, Japan
USS Cowpens (CG 63), Yokosuka, Japan
USS John S McCain, (DDG 56), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Lassen (DDG 82), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), Yokosuka, Japan

Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Everett, Wash.
Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW 2), Lemoore, Calif.
USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) San Diego, Calif.
USS Shoup (DDG 86), Everett, Wash.
USS Russell (DDG 59) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), San Diego, Calif.
Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW 14) Lemoore, Calif.
USS Decatur (DDG 73), San Diego, Calif.
USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), San Diego, Calif.
USS McCampbell (DDG 85), San Diego, Calif.
USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) Bremerton, Wash.

USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), Yokosuka, Japan
USS Houston (SSN 713), Guam
USS Honolulu (SSN 718), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705), Guam
USS Tucson (SSN 770) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS 23)
RV Cory Chouest
MV PFC James Anderson Jr (T-AK 3002)
MV MAJ Bernard F. Fisher (T-AK 4396)
USNS Watson (T-AKR 310)
SS Cape Jacob (T-AK 5029)
SS Petersburg (T-AOT 9101)
Patrol Squadron Nine, P-3C Detachment, Kaneohe, Hawaii
Air Recon Squadron One, EP-3E Detachment, Misawa, Japan
Strategic Comms Wing One, E-6 Detachment

United States Air Force:

13th Air Force/Kenney Headquarters (PACAF)
Pacific Air Operations Center, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
36th Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam

5th Air Force (PACAF):

18th Wing, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan (F-15C/KC-135/E-3)
35th Fighter Wing, Misawa AB, Japan (F-16CJ)

8th Air Force (ACC):

509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, MO (B-2)

11th Air Force (PACAF):

3rd Wing, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska (F-15E)

18th Air Force (AMC):

60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB CA (KC-10)
305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB NJ (KC-10)

New York Air National Guard:

107th Air Refueling Wing, Niagara Falls, NY (KC-135)

United States Marine Corps:

III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan

VFA-97 (F/A-18C), Iwakuni, Japan

United States Coast Guard:

USCGC Galveston Island (WPB-1349), Guam