UN operations in East Timor and Somalia demonstrated Canada’s need for an amphibious capability to help support ground and air units ashore. An amphibious capability also helps the Canadian Forces during emergency evacuation operations such as during the fighting in Lebanon in 2006. TDV joins members of the Army, Navy and Air Force as they undertake a grand experiment – a fully joint maritime force that sails with USN assets to the beaches of North Carolina to conduct a full-scale landing operation. This is history in the making on Truth Duty Valour!