and Australian service members participating in the largest military exercise between the United States and Australia: Talisman Sabre."Īccording to the Australian defense minister, this year's Talisman Sabre involves 13 nations and more than 30,000 military personnel it will span about two weeks. join to meet with their counterparts for the 33rd annual Australia/United States ministerial consultations," Singh said.
defense secretary to visit the island nation, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said during a press briefing today.įollowing his visit there, Austin will travel farther south to Australia. Austin III departed Washington on a multiday trip to the Indo-Pacific region. At the time of her death, she was ranked 44th for this year in earnings among barrel racers listed on the Women's Professional Rodeo Association website.This morning, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. She was the top barrel racer on her rodeo team at McNeese State University in Louisiana, her mother said. She could ride any horse she strapped her legs on." "All through her years, in whatever organization she was in and in whatever class she was in, she won. The kid just had a lot of talent."īut her "passion was rodeo," Dewees-Belcher said. And, Pedone said, "She could sing like a bird. She captured beauty pageant crowns, according to her mother. "Everything that she dabbled in, from a spelling bee to reading books in elementary school, she had to win at," said Dewees-Belcher, a social worker at Pasco High School. Dewees, who had the drive and ability to excel in a variety of pursuits. "Her grandfather really stepped up for the kids," Pedone said. Her grandfather, Harold Sasser, runs an arena in Lacoochee that has produced a long line of successful youth competitors. Dewees's uncle, Spunk Sasser, was a champion rodeo cowboy. "This is a real tragedy," said Lee Pedone of Ridge Manor, whose son and daughter grew up riding with Ms. She died of her injuries Sunday at age 27. Dewees was thrown headfirst onto the pavement. The horse galloped out of the arena through an open gate and into the parking lot, where Ms.
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