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Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, and soldiers with Delta Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conducted their first bilateral training exercise and sent rounds down range using each other’s weapon systems during a familiarization shoot, here, May 10. During the shoot, Marines fired the Australian soldier’s F88 Austeyr, and the Australian soldiers fired the Marines’ M4 carbine and M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. Includes interviews with Lance Cpl. Carson Strickland, Team Leader, 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, Hometown: Sacramento Calif.; Staff Sgt. Edward Erdmann, Platoon Leader, 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, Hometown: Fresno, Calif. and Australian Army Pvt. Campbell Noakes, Rifleman, Delta Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Hometown: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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