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Amphibious Assault Vehicles from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, move across Freshwater Beach at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, on May 25, 2001, prior to being back-loaded during Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001. Tandem Thrust is a combined military training exercise involving more than 18,000 U.S., Australian, and Canadian personnel who are training in crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations.

Amphibious Assault Vehicles move across Freshwater Beach at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia.

Amphibious Assault Vehicles from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, move across Freshwater Beach at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, on May 25, 2001, prior to being back-loaded during Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001. Tandem Thrust is a combined military training exercise involving more than 18,000 U.S., Australian, and Canadian personnel who are training in crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations.

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