010508-N-7410S-002 ABOARD USS BLUE RIDGE (May 8, 2001) -- Aviation Machinist's Mate Chief Dennis Meehan from Stanton Island, , pays close attention as a "Sikorsky" SH-3H "Sea King" helicopter lifts off the flight deck of USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) loaded with tourists bound for Cairns, Australia. Blue Ridge is participating in Exercise Tandem Thrust '01, 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, Airman and Marines are part
010508-N-7410S-002 ABOARD USS BLUE RIDGE (May 8, 2001) -- Aviation Machinist's Mate Chief Dennis Meehan from Stanton Island, , pays close attention as a "Sikorsky" SH-3H "Sea King" helicopter lifts off the flight deck of USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) loaded with tourists bound for Cairns, Australia. Blue Ridge is participating in Exercise Tandem Thrust '01, 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, 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. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Chief Jim Schulz. (RELEASED) by navalsafetycenter
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