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Caption:
EXERCISE TANDEM THRUST 2001, SHOALWATER BAY, Australia -- An M113
Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) debarks a Landing Craft Vehicle
(LCV) during an amphibious landing exercise on Freshwater Beach during
Exercise Tandem Thrust. 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. Nathan
Jones, Director, Combined Information Bureau Tandem Thrust 2001. U.S.
Air Force Photograph by MCpl Lise Morin.
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