010515-N-0271M-005 ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (May 15, 2001) -- Members of Seal Team Five, Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Jeff Imdrelaend, from Missoula, Mont., and Quartermaster 2nd Class Jason Lewis from Brookfield, Conn., along with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS-14), Trevor Gibson, from Columbia, Mo., relax after performing an insertion exercise in the Australian Outback,from USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) during Exercise Tandem Thrust 01. Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001 is a combined United States, Australian and Canadian military training exercise. This bi-annual exercise is being held in the vicin
010515-N-0271M-005 ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (May 15, 2001) -- Members of Seal Team Five, Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Jeff Imdrelaend, from Missoula, Mont., and Quartermaster 2nd Class Jason Lewis from Brookfield, Conn., along with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS-14), Trevor Gibson, from Columbia, Mo., relax after performing an insertion exercise in the Australian Outback,from USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) during Exercise Tandem Thrust 01. Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001 is a combined United States, Australian and Canadian military training exercise. This bi-annual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia. More than 27,000 military members 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. Kitty Hawk, which operates out of Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, is the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Lee McCaskill. (RELEASED) 010515-N-0271M-005 by navalsafetycenter
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