Man down: MRF-D simulates casualty evacuation
May 23, 2016 — Marines and sailors with Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, simulated casualty evacuations in a training area outside of Roberson Barracks, Northern Territory, Australia, on May 20, 2016. “We were on a basic patrol,” said Sgt. Joseph R. Slizewski, a rifleman. “A couple hundred meters in one of our guys in MORE
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Marines down under: 1st Battalion 1st Marines sets footprint kicking off MRF-D 2016
May 23, 2016 — Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, stationed out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, arrived April 13, 2016, at the Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Darwin, Australia, to begin the next evolution of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin. MRF-D is the six-month deployment of approximately 1,250 Marines into Darwin, MORE
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Multinational Peacekeeping Exercise Khaan Quest 2016 commences with opening ceremony
May 23, 2016 — The Mongolian Armed Forces and U.S. Pacific Command are hosting the multinational peacekeeping exercise Khaan Quest 2016, which commenced May 22 with an opening ceremony at the Five Hills Training Area near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.This year’s Khaan Quest, held annually in Mongolia, is serving as the capstone exercise for the United Nations Global MORE
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