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Builder Constructionman Ida Grigson paints bearers on a rebuilt bridge during Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001.
Builder Constructionman Ida Grigson, from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, paints bearers on a rebuilt bridge during Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001 in Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, on May 6, 2001. Grigson is deployed for Tandem Thrust which 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.