31 May 2024 Papua New Guinea Defense Force completes Gender Focal Point training with U.S. DoD Support PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - In a landmark initiative aimed at promoting Women, Peace and Security (WPS) as a capability to enhance Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) institutional and organizational effectiveness, the U.S.. Department of Defense (DoD) recently partnered with the PNGDF to...
20 June 2024 MRF-D 24.3 U.S. Marines, Sailors, ADF concludes amphibious operations during WADER aboard HMAS Adelaide U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 24.3 concluded the Wet and Dry Exercise Rehearsal (WADER) aboard HMAS Adelaide (L01) from June 2 - 20...
17 July 2024 U.S., Australia, Philippines, U.K. begin Exercise Predator’s Run 24 in Northern Territory U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force arrived at Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia on July 15, 2024, to commence Exercise Predator’s Run 24...
04 November 2024 U.S. Marines, Sailors conclude MRF-D 24.3 rotation, strengthening regional partnerships U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3 completed a six-month rotation to Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, closing a deployment marked by a series of multinational exercises and partnership engagements across the Indo-Pacific region from April to October...
01 October 2024 U.S. Marines, families of fallen honored by Tiwi Island, Larrakia people in historic Pukumani ceremony U.S. Marines and the families of three fallen Marines joined the Tiwi Island and Larrakia people in two significant ceremonies on Sept. 26 and 27. The events commemorated the lives of three U.S. Marines who died in a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey crash on Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Australia,...
20 September 2024 Eight Countries work together in largest Operation Render Safe to remove WWII UXO in Solomon Islands The United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United Kingdom, Republic of Korea, and Japan recently joined the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force for Operation Render Safe 2024-2 in New Georgia, Solomon Islands, from Aug. 12 to Sept. 27...
19 September 2024 Strengthening minds: U.S. Navy, Royal Australian Navy collaborates for mental health initiatives U.S. Navy psychologists with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3 collaborated with Royal Australian Navy mental health practitioners to provide training on operational stress responses and interventions at Larrakeyah Defence Precinct, NT, Australia, Sept. 2...
12 September 2024 MRF-D 24.3 U.S. Marines, Sailors strengthen partnerships during Super Garuda Shield 2024 U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3 joined Allied and partner nations in Indonesia for Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2024, Aug. 26 to Sept. 6...
30 August 2024 MRF-D 24.3 Marines, Sailors increases readiness to respond to HADR during Exercise Bhakti Kanyini AUSINDO 24 U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3, alongside members of the Australian Defence Force, the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), and various civil and government agencies, rehearsed humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations during Exercise Bhakti...
17 August 2024 1st LAR Bn. completes rapid deployment to Australia for REDEX 2024 Nearly 10,000 miles separated Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, from Mount Bundey Training Area in Australia’s Northern Territory, as U.S. Marines and Sailors prepared for Rapid Deployment Exercise 2024, from July 9 to Aug. 13...