Videos

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gerson Ortega, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System chief with HIMARS platoon, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, gives an interview about their role during Exercise Loobye at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug. 13, 2021. HIMARS role in the exercise was to conduct a HIMARS rapid infiltration utilizing a Royal Australian Air Force C-17. Exercise Loobye is a tangible demonstration that the U.S. Marines and the Australian Defence Force are postured to respond to a crisis or contingency in the Indo-Pacific region in order to maintain regional stability. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Holly Sandler, the fire power control team leader with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, explains her team and her role as forward observation for a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Infiltration during Exercise Loobye at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug. 12, 2021. Sandler and the rest of the forward observation team were inserted via an MV-22B Osprey in order to send confirmation of the target hit. Exercises like Loobye demonstrate MRF-D’s ability to conduct operations as a joint force with the Australian Defence Force, execute expeditionary operations, like HIRAIN, and exemplify their mutual dedication to being postured and ready to respond to a crisis or contingency in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Sarah E. Taggett)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin conduct a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rapid infiltration during Exercise Loobye at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug. 12, 2021. HIRAIN is the process of identifying an enemy target from forward observation points and unmanned aerial vehicles, seizing key terrain for an aerial landing, inserting HIMARS onboard a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, destroying the target and retrograding back to a secure location. Exercise Loobye is a tangible demonstration that the U.S. Marines and the Australian Defence Force are postured to respond to a crisis or contingency in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett and Cpl. Sarah E. Taggett)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jonathan Fico, a fires chief with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, explains his team and his role as forward observation for a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Infiltration during Exercise Loobye at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug. 12, 2021. Fico and the rest of the forward observation team were inserted via an MV-22B Osprey in order to send confirmation of the target hit. Exercises like Loobye demonstrate MRF-D’s ability to conduct operations as a joint force with the ADF, execute expeditionary operations, like HIRAIN, and exemplify their mutual dedication to being postured and ready to respond to a crisis or contingency in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Sarah E. Taggett)

U.S. Marines with Battery Q, 5th Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, load onto a C-17 Globemaster III with 6th Airlift Squadron at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Mar. 30, 2021. The Marines were transported to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms to conduct a missile range training exercise to maintain military occupational specialty proficiency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Frank Webb)