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Australian soldiers from the 2nd Royal Australian Regiment (RAR), Townsville, Australia rest in the hangar deck of the USS Essex (LHD 2) after coming aboard from the USS Juneau (LPD 10) during Exercise TANDEM THRUST. TANDEM THRUST 2001 a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military exercise for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. The biannual exercise is held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland, Australia

Somewhere on the Coral Sea, the USS Essex (LHD 2) gets replenished by Australian ship HMAS Success (OR 304), an Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) vessel, off the coast of Queensland, Australia, in support of Exercise TANDEM THRUST. TANDEM THRUST 2001 a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military exercise for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. The biannual exercise is held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland, Australia

Marines and Australian troops start to mass on the beach in Shoalwater Bay, Queensland, Australia, in support of Exercise TANDEM THRUST. TANDEM THRUST 2001 a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military exercise for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. The biannual exercise is held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland, Australia

The Marines have landed! Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) storm through what once were the calm waters of Freshwater Bay Beach during a beach landing exercise in the Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. TANDEM THRUST is a combined United States and Australian 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 TANDEM THRUST is to train for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations

With the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1631 still tethered to the USS Essex (LHD 2) Landing Assault Ship, Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines from Camp Pendleton, California and Australian soldiers move personnel and equipment onboard the LCU to go ashore during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. TANDEM THRUST 2001 a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military exercise for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. The biannual exercise is held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland, Australia

An M1A1 Abrams tank sends rounds down range during a live fire exercise in the Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. TANDEM THRUST is a combined United States and Australian 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 TANDEM THRUST is to train for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations

Corporal Tim Angel, USMC, 265th Helicopter Marine Maintenance, performs regular maintenance the weapons pylon on an AH1W Marine Cobra helicopter in the hangar deck of the USS Essex, off the coast of Queensland, Australia, during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 01. TANDEM THRUST 2001 a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military exercise for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. The biannual exercise is held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland, Australia

Arriving on a train, Navy Hospital Corpsman Jason Herrick, attached to 3rd Transportation Battalion Okinawa, Japan, for Exercise TANDEM THRUST, a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military training exercise. This biannual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia

Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) deliver Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to the serene waters of Freshwater Bay Beach in the Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area during an amphibious beach landing during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. TANDEM THRUST is a combined United States and Australian 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 TANDEM THRUST is to train for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations

Australian soldiers from the 2nd Royal Australian Regiment (RAR), Townsville, Australia rest in the hangar deck of the USS Essex (LHD 2) after coming aboard from the USS Juneau (LPD 10) during Exercise TANDEM THRUST. TANDEM THRUST 2001 a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military exercise for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. The biannual exercise is held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland, Australia

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Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 01

Base: USS Essex (LHD 2)

Country: Australia (AUS)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Wayne A. Clark, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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