{"id":140712,"date":"2024-03-28T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=140712"},"modified":"2024-03-29T07:44:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T07:44:20","slug":"marines-sailors-arrive-in-australia-for-6-months-of-training-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=140712","title":{"rendered":"Marines, Sailors Arrive in Australia for 6 Months of Training, Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>Approximately 2,000 Marines and sailors deployed to Australia&#8217;s Northern Territory this week to participate alongside their counterparts in the annual iteration of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin, the Pentagon announced today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the next six months, MRF-Darwin will conduct a series of exercises and training events with the Australian Defense Force and other regional allies and partners to establish a forward-postured crisis response force, enhance interoperability between our forces, and contribute to a more stable and secure Indo-Pacific,&#8221; Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told the media during a briefing today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Led for the third year in a row by a California-based Marine infantry regiment, this will be the 13th annual iteration of MRF-Darwin, according to a news release sent out by MRF-Darwin&#8217;s media team today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--popup--><\/p>\n<p>MRF-Darwin dates back to 2011, when former President Barack Obama and then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced an agreement on force posture initiatives designed to significantly enhance defense cooperation between the U.S. and Australia. While the initial iteration consisted of only a small liaison element and a company of 250 Marines, the agreement intended to &#8220;establish a rotational presence of up to a 2,500-person Marine Air Ground Task Force,&#8221; according to White House archives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Marines and sailors of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin are honored and excited to continue the legacy of cooperation and interoperability with our Australian Defense Force brothers and sisters,&#8221; Marine Corps Col. Brian T. Mulvihill, the commanding officer of MRF-Darwin, stated in the news release. &#8220;Our strong alliance contributes to stability in the region and enables the readiness of our forces to respond to any crisis or contingency that arises.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s MRF-Darwin will model itself on prior iterations by incorporating &#8220;security partners from throughout the Pacific Islands and the broader region&#8221; into the exercise schedule, according to the release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MRF-Darwin&#8217;s rotation is scheduled to conclude in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 2,000 Marines and sailors deployed to Australia&#8217;s Northern Territory this week to participate alongside their counterparts in the annual iteration of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin, the Pentagon announced today. &#8220;Over the next six months, MRF-Darwin will conduct a series of exercises and training events with the Australian Defense Force and other regional allies and partners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":140714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140712"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140715,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140712\/revisions\/140715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/140714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}