030411-N-8784P-002 Louisville, Ky. (Apr. 11, 2003) -- Army Rangers use a special insertion and extraction (SPIE) method to extract troops from two Navy Mark V (MK-V) Special Operations Crafts (SOC) assigned to Special Boat Team Twenty (SBT-20), stationed in Norfolk, Va. SBT-20Õs two Mark Five (MK-V) Special Operations Crafts and Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) rehearsed their special operations demonstration for Thunder Over Louisville (TOL), the worldÕs largest fireworks and pyrotechnics show. This marked the first time Navy special operations boats participated in TOL. Navy
030411-N-8784P-002 Louisville, Ky. (Apr. 11, 2003) -- Army Rangers use a special insertion and extraction (SPIE) method to extract troops from two Navy Mark V (MK-V) Special Operations Crafts (SOC) assigned to Special Boat Team Twenty (SBT-20), stationed in Norfolk, Va. SBT-20Õs two Mark Five (MK-V) Special Operations Crafts and Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) rehearsed their special operations demonstration for Thunder Over Louisville (TOL), the worldÕs largest fireworks and pyrotechnics show. This marked the first time Navy special operations boats participated in TOL. Navy photo by Lt. John Perkins. (RELEASED) US Navy 030411-N-8784P-002 Army Rangers use a special insertion and extraction (SPIE) method to extract troops from two Navy Mark V (MK-V) Special Operations Crafts (SOC) assigned to Special Boat Team Twenty (SBT-20)
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