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U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin and the Australian Defence Force conducted five large-scale training exercises throughout the Northern Territory during the MRF-D 21.2 deployment. The exercise cycle consisted of scenarios that developed bilateral capability to operate during humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, crisis response, embassy reinforcement, non-combatant evacuation operations and operations from key maritime terrain. The exercises honed the Marines’ and ADF’s capabilities as skilled fighting forces that are capable of responding to crises and contingencies. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Nicholas Newbern, the intelligence chief of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, gives insight on the training cycle during the MRF-D 21.2 deployment at Larrakeyah Defence Precinct, Darwin, NT, Australia, Sept. 30, 2021. The exercise cycle consisted of scenarios that developed bilateral capability to operate during humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, crisis response, embassy reinforcement, non-combatant evacuation operations and operations from key maritime terrain. The exercises honed the Marines’ capabilities as a skilled expeditionary fighting force that is capable of responding to a potential crisis or contingency. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett and Cpl. Sarah E. Taggett)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Nicholas Newbern, the intelligence chief of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, gives insight on the training cycle during the MRF-D 21.2 deployment at Larrakeyah Defence Precinct, Darwin, NT, Australia, Sept. 30, 2021. The exercise cycle consisted of scenarios that developed bilateral capability to operate during humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, crisis response, embassy reinforcement, non-combatant evacuation operations and operations from key maritime terrain. The exercises honed the Marines’ capabilities as a skilled expeditionary fighting force that is capable of responding to a potential crisis or contingency. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett and Cpl. Sarah E. Taggett)

U.S. Marines with Company C., 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin conduct a simulated embassy reinforcement during Exercise Darrandarra at Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia, June 16, 2021. A group of MRF-D Marines role-played as rioters in a foreign nation to realistically simulate what could happen during an embassy reinforcement. Darrandarra, meaning “together,” demonstrates the Marine Corps’ ability to operate with the Australian Defence Force and reinforce embassies and conduct noncombatant evacuation operations in response to crises and contingencies in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joseph Pusey, a rifleman with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, gives an interview during Exercise Darrandarra at Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia, June 15, 2021. The interview provided Cpl. Pusey the opportunity to discuss the purpose of the exercise and training activities that occurred. Darrandarra, meaning “together,” demonstrates the Marine Corps’ ability to operate with the Australian Defence Force and reinforce embassies in response to crises and contingencies in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mitchell Limonoff, a rifleman with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, gives an interview during Exercise Darrandarra at Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia, June 15, 2021. The interview provided Sgt. Limonoff the opportunity to discuss the purpose of the exercise and training activities that occurred. Darrandarra, meaning “together,” demonstrates the Marine Corps’ ability to operate with the Australian Defence Force and reinforce embassies in response to crises and contingencies in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cameron Long, a machine gunner with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment attached to Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, gives an interview during an embassy reinforcement drill at Kangaroo Flats Training Area, NT, Australia, May 18, 2021. An embassy reinforcement involves evacuating civilians in the case of a threat to an area of importance, establishing vehicle control points and enemy control points in order to search for potential combatants entering these areas. This training allows Marines with MRF-D to prepare methods of response to any crisis or contingency within the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett)

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jeremiah Dennis, company commander of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, gives an interview during an embassy reinforcement drill at Kangaroo Flats Training Area, NT, Australia, May 18, 2021. An embassy reinforcement involves evacuating civilians in the case of a threat to an area of importance, establishing vehicle control points and enemy control points in order to search for potential combatants entering these areas. This training allows Marines with MRF-D to prepare methods of response to any crisis or contingency within the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett)