Australian Defence Force, U.S. Marines strengthen ties during Exercise Koolendong [Image 3 of 7]

BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, NT, AUSTRALIA

08.22.2014

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joey Holeman 

Marine Rotational Force - Darwin

Cpl. Matthew R. Giebudowski, left, and Lance Cpl. Scott J. Smith, right, duck their heads as a 60 mm mortar round fires from a M2 24 A1 mortar system during a company sized attack August 22 at Bradshaw Field Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia, as a part of Exercise Koolendong 14. The attacked marked the beginning of the culminating event of KD-14, which will entail fire and maneuver exercises executed bilaterally with members of the Australian Army’s 1st Brigade and U.S. Marine’s 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment involving, infantry, tanks, artillery and engineers. Swallen is a platoon commander with the battalion, which is currently deployed in part of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin. The rotational deployment of U.S. Marines affords an unprecedented combined training opportunity with their Australian allies, and improves interoperability between the two forces. (Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joey S. Holeman, Jr./ Released)

• Date Taken: 08.22.2014
• Date Posted: 08.22.2014 04:16
• Photo ID: 1517520
• VIRIN: 140822-M-PU373-462
• Resolution: 4360x3840
• Size: 5.76 MB
• Location: BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, NT, AU
• Hometown: ALPENA, MI, US
• Hometown: CONOVER, WI, US