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Caption:
EXERCISE TANDEM THRUST 2001, GLENGEDDES, Australia -- With all
the tie-downs removed, all that's left to do is remove the 48 Highly
Mobile Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV)s from the train.
Lance Cpl. Ben Kenyon, 22, Norwalk, Ca., climbs over the Queensland
Rail train that has transported the Marine Corps hummers from Gladstone
to Glen Geddes in support of Exercise Tandem Thrust. The vehicles
were removed from the train and convoyed to the Shoalwater Bay Training
Area. Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001 is a combined United
States, Australian and Canadian military training exercise. This
biannual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay
training area, Queensland, Australia. More than 27,000 Soldiers,
Sailors, Airmen and Marines are participating, with Canadian units
taking part as opposing forces. The purpose of Exercise Tandem Thrust
is to train for crisis action planning and execution of contingency
response operations. PHOTOGRAPH CLEARED FOR RELEASE BY Capt.
Jeffery S. Pool (USMC) Media Officer, Combined Information Bureau,
Tandem Thrust 2001. U.S. Navy photograph by PH1(SW/NAC) Spike
Call.
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