010515-N-0271M-002 ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (May 15, 2001) -- A member of Seal Team Five repels out of an SH-60H from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron One Four (HS-14), aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), into a field in the Australian Outback while conducting an insertion exercise 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
010515-N-0271M-002 ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (May 15, 2001) -- A member of Seal Team Five repels out of an SH-60H from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron One Four (HS-14), aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), into a field in the Australian Outback while conducting an insertion exercise 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-002 by navalsafetycenter
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