07 June 2021 U.S. Marines in Australia Are Ready to Rapidly Provide Assistance to Regions Affected by a Natural Disaster DARWIN, NT, Australia -- Marine Rotational Force – Darwin and the Australian Defence Force successfully completed a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise called “Crocodile Response,” May 28, 2021.The focus of Crocodile Response was to increase the readiness of the U.S. Marines and...
25 June 2021 U.S., Australian, Japanese Militaries Complete Exercise Southern Jackaroo MOUNT BUNDEY TRAINING AREA, NT, Australia -- In the heart of the Australian Outback, U.S. Marines, Australian Army soldiers, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers assembled and successfully conducted Exercise Southern Jackaroo.The trilateral exercise, held over a two-week period, was a...
28 June 2021 U.S. Marines in Australia Complete Embassy Reinforcement and Noncombatant Evacuation Operations Exercise DARWIN, NT, Australia -- Marine Rotational Force – Darwin successfully completed an embassy reinforcement and noncombatant evacuation operations exercise called “Darrandarra,” last week at the Australian Defence Force’s Northern Command depot in Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia.The focus of Darrandarra was...
16 August 2021 Marine Rotational Force – Darwin Brings the HIRAIN to Exercise Loobye BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, NT, Australia -- The sun rises over the hot, harsh outback, hundreds of miles south of Darwin. On any other day, the sight would be simply calm and quiet, but today on the notional “Bradshaw Island,” a simulated enemy target is about to meet its end in a unique...
20 April 2022 Marine Rotational Force-Darwin and the Australian 1st Brigade Welcomes the Commandant of the Marine Corps DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. -- General David Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, visited with Marines and Sailors of the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D), and Soldiers of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on April 14.During the visit, General Berger spoke of the trust built between United States...
27 April 2022 The First Marine Division Returns to Australia, as Blue Diamond 6 Visits MRF-D DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. -- Major General Roger Turner, Commanding General of the First Marine Division, visited the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) and the Australian First Brigade on April 21.“At First Marine Division, we stand on the shoulders of giants, and many of those giants are the...
02 May 2022 Marine Rotational Force-Darwin and the ADF Welcome Joint Medical Leaders to Darwin DARWIN, Australia -- Rear Admiral Pamela Miller, Command Surgeon of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and Major General Michael Place, Commanding General of the 18th Medical Command, visited the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) and the Australian First Brigade on April 27.“There are lots of...
31 May 2022 Australia, Japan, and the U.S. Integrate to Prove Lethal during Exercise Southern Jackaroo DARWIN, Australia -- Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) participated in Exercise SOUTHERN JACKAROO 22, a tri-lateral infantry integration exercise featuring Marines and Sailors with MRF-D, Australian Defence Force (ADF) members, and Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) personnel from May...
06 July 2022 Australia and the United States: an Allied Defense Experience to Recognize this 4th of July DARWIN, Australia -- While Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) is the most notable and visible defense interchange between Australia and the United States, a host of other exchange and partnered opportunities exist between the two allied forces.Though Independence Day is a uniquely American...
28 June 2022 MRF-D ACE Enhances Combined Air Superiority through Exercises Raptor's Strike and Diamond Storm DARWIN, Australia -- The Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) Aviation Combat Element (ACE) participated in Exercises RAPTOR’S STRIKE 22 and DIAMOND STORM 22 alongside Australian Defence Force (ADF) members from May 02 – June 24.RAPTOR’S STRIKE 22 featured low altitude air defense (LAAD)...