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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard Benecke, an anti-tank missile gunner with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 26, secures scrim to a fence before the Tiwi Cultural Festival on Tiwi Island, Australia, July 16, 2026. Marines and Sailors participate in the annual cultural festival yearly after the Mantiyupwi people of Tiwi Island ceremonially adopted MRF-D after the loss of three Marines in an aircraft crash on Tiwi Island in 2023. MRF-D is a six-month forward deployment in Australia that strengthens combined interoperability with the Australian Defence Force and provides rapid crisis-response options for the joint force across the Indo-Pacific. Benecke is a native of New Mexico. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Grant Schirmer)
| Date Taken: | 07.15.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 07.24.2026 22:07 |
| Photo ID: | 9831455 |
| VIRIN: | 260716-M-AV302-1064 |
| Resolution: | 1884x1060 |
| Size: | 833.14 KB |
| Location: | TIWI ISLAND, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AU |
| Web Views: | 7 |
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MRF-D 26 Marines participate in Tiwi Cultural Festival
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