Australia Will Invest Millions to Upgrade Military Sites Where US Marines Train
U.S. Marines shoot 5.56mm rounds at targets during low-light, live-fire training conducted at the Battle Inoculation Range, Kangaroo Flats Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia, July 27, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Harrison Rakhshani)
29 Apr 2021
Australia will pour more than half a billion dollars into four military bases in the country s Northern Territory, which will allow for bigger training exercises between Aussies and the U.S. as concerns about China s actions in the Asia-Pacific region build.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced plans Wednesday to invest about $582 million into four military training and weapon ranges. The upgrades, Defence Minister Peter Dutton said, will provide opportunity for world class training, including with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin, a 2,500-person unit that spends six months out of every year training Down Under.
Marine Corps Rotation to Australia Continues amid COVID Concerns
U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin sit socially distanced on an aircraft at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 11, 2021. (Cpl. Colton K. Garrett/U.S. Marine Corps)
26 Apr 2021
Hawaii is sending more Marines to Australia this year as part of an annual rotational deployment intended to increase combat capability west of the international date line as a counter to China and while the Corps tries to keep a lid on COVID-19 cases.
The aviation combat element for Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 2021 includes approximately 450 Marines from Hawaii from a tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey squadron, a detachment of UH-1Y Venom utility and AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters, and a detachment of RQ-21A Blackjack drones.
Thousands of US Marines to begin arriving in Australia
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Canberra, Feb 6 : Australian Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said on Saturday that some 2,200 US Marines will begin arriving in the country s Northern Territory over the next five months.
In a statement issued here, the Defence Minister said that the 2021 and also the 10th Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) will consist of around 2,200 troops by June, reports Xinhua news agency.
Reynolds said that under special Covid-19 plans, the incoming Marines will be tested for coronavirus three times, once 72 hours prior to departure and twice while undergoing 14 days of quarantine in a secure facility.
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Subscriber only CHIEF Minister Michael Gunner will officially invite freshly inaugurated US President Joe Biden to visit the Northern Territory - diplomatically offering to protect him with complimentary crocodile insurance . Mr Gunner, in an official letter seen by the
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, will extend an offer to Mr Biden and First Lady Dr Jill Biden, or Vice President Kamala Harris, to follow in the footsteps of former President Barack Obama and visit the Territory.
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Top Stories 2020: Marine Corps Operations
December 23, 2020 11:14 AM
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Austin McBain, a fire support specialist with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Information Group, monitors a radio during exercise Summer Fury 20 in Yuma, Ariz., on July 14, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo
This post is part of a series of stories looking back at the top naval news from 2020.
2020 was a turning-point year for the Marine Corps. After previewing changes to come in his Commandant’s Planning Guidance released last year, Commandant Gen. David Berger released a Force Design 2030 document this year outlining major changes in how the service would operate and equip itself. No longer would the Marine Corps be a service schlepping around tanks for sustained ground operations; rather, it would be light and mobile, using small ships to maneuver around islands and shorelines to attack an adversary from all angles and challenge their abi