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Caption:
ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (May 11, 2001) -- A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter
unloads cargo onto the USS Kitty Hawk (CV63) during a Vertical
replenishment (VERTREP). USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) is currently
engaged in Exercise Tandem Thrust 01. Exercise Tandem Thrust 01 is a
combined United States and Australian military training exercise. This
biannual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoal water Bay
training area, Queensland, Australia. More than 27,000 Soldiers,
Sailors, Airman and Marines are participating. Canadian units are
taking part as opposing forces. Tandem Thrust is a training exercise
for crisis action planning and execution for contingency response
operations. Kitty Hawk operates out of Yokosuka Navel Base, Japan and
is the worlds only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier.
U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Staci M. Bitzer.
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