Some disturbing information from the America's Navy website:

More than 33,000 U.S. and Australian personnel will participate in the biennial military training exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 in Australia July 4-19. Talisman Sabre, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Pacific Command and Australian Defence Force Headquarters Joint Operations Command, will incorporate U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force and the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, and Royal Australian Air Force as well as other government agencies from each country. Featuring 21 ships, including the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George Washington and more than 200 aircraft and three submarines, this sixth iteration of the exercise will focus on joint training of a combined task force of U.S. and Australian forces in a mid-intensity, high-end operation, incorporating... land, sea, and air training.

As Australia's military gears up for the Talisman Sabre operations, peace activists from all over the country will converge on the war games extravaganza at Shoalwater Bay in Rockhampton.

Dirt Radio talks with two activists heading to the Peace Convergence which aims to disrupt the "war rehearsals" and create counter narratives to highlight the cost of the US-Australia military alliance. Debates, concerts, parades, and a "peace pilgrim" into the Shoalwater Exercise Area are all part of the planned events.