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Caption:
Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV's), having been deployed from the
cargo hold of the Navy ship USS Nassau, aboard a Navy Landing Craft
Utility (LCU) "Mike 8" boat, advance onto the shore of the area of
coastline designated "Green Beach," during the the "D-Day" invasion in
Stephenville, Newfoundland on Monday, June 15th, 1998, as a part of
Maritime Combined Operational Training (MARCOT)/Unified Spirit '98, the
joint/combined exercise including forces from Canada, Denmark, The
United Kingdom, France, The United States and other NATO nations. This
exercise provides cost-effective, realistic training for Canadian and
NATO forces to improve the skills they might employ during a NATO-led
peacekeeping-support operation.
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