BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, Northern Territory, Australia -- As the dust settled after thousands of rounds of ammunition were shot at targets on the foggy morning of August 18, 2016, Marines celebrated the end of the two week long Exercise Koolendong. The exercise took place in the heart of the...

NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia -- Without food, water or shelter, thirty participants from the U.S. Marine Corps and Army, Australian Army, and the People’s Liberation Army have survived inside the outback.Marines and soldiers from the three countries had to work together during Exercise Kowari, a...

NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia -- Thirty participants from three different countries must learn to work together to survive without any food, water or shelter in the Australian outback. The Australian Defence Force is hosting the third iteration of Exercise Kowari 2016, a trilateral survival training...

TONGATAPU ISLAND, Tonga -- The sun reaches its zenith as U.S. Marines and their partner-nation soldiers go on day-long patrols, wading through chest-high rivers, impassable marshes and dense tropical vegetation. Their objectives lie in distance, promising to be safe havens as long as they...

NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia -- The trilateral survival training exercise Kowari 2015, hosted by the Australian Defence Force and involving U.S. Marine Corps and Army, Australian Army and People’s Liberation Army personnel formally concluded at a graduation and closing ceremony Sept. 12 at...

A platoon of U.S. Marines with Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, have been preparing for the bilateral training exercise Koa Moana 15.2 in Dili, East Timor, beginning June 22.The Marines will highlight the exercise by focusing on the fundamentals of...

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines — Service members from the United States, Philippines, Japan, Republic of Korea and United Kingdom will kick off Exercise KAMANDAG 9 on May 26, 2025, training across the Philippines to enhance multinational military readiness, interoperability, and regional defense...

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines — From the northern coast of Australia to the southern edge of the Philippine archipelago, U.S. Marines with the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) spent the last month executing rapid maneuver, joint and combined...

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines — Service members from the United States, Philippines, Japan, Republic of Korea and United Kingdom will kick off Exercise KAMANDAG 9 on May 26, 2025, training across the Philippines to enhance multinational military readiness, interoperability, and regional defense...

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines – Following the successful completion of Marine Exercise 2025 in Mindanao, the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) seamlessly repositioned it’s ground combat element (GCE) forces from Mindanao to Palawan, Philippines, as a...