Story by Cpl. Harrison Rakhshani | Marine Rotational Force - Darwin | 08.11.2020
A U.S. Marine Corps RQ-21A Blackjack was flown for the first time in Australia as part of the annual Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, Aug. 8. Marine Unmanned Arial Vehicle Squadron 3, MRF-D’s Air Combat Element, launched the surveillance aircraft in support of bilateral training between the U.S. and Australian Defence Forces, marking a series of firsts for the Hawaii-based unit....
Story by Cpl. Kallahan Morris | Marine Rotational Force - Darwin | 08.17.2019
BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, Australia - High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known as HIMARS, Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, a part of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, participated in Exercise Southern Reach, a live-fire training exercise at Bradshaw Field Training Area, Australia from 13-15 August....
Story by Cpl. Kallahan Morris | Marine Rotational Force - Darwin | 08.17.2019
BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, NT, Australia — U.S. Marine Cpl. Gage Jarret, a platoon communications chief with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, a part of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, innovatively crafted a satellite communications, known as SATCOM, antenna to better allow Marines to communicate reliably over large distances during Exercise Southern Reach....
Story by Terrance Bell | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 06.13.2019
FORT LEE, Va. – In February, Ordnance School advanced individual training Soldiers here hurled practice grenades for the first time on a newly built familiarization range and qualification course at Training Area 18....
Story by Sgt. Sarah Fiocco | Marine Rotational Force - Darwin | 09.04.2013
After a long day of training in full gear with temperatures breaking 100 degrees, there’s nothing quite like a cold drink. A chilled refreshment can be hard to come by out in the field, but not when the Sallyman, short for Salvation Army man, drives his truck to training areas all over the Top End simply to deliver iced beverages and snacks to service members....
Story by Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.03.2013
Kicking up dust and making a lot of noise in the outback, a mixed force of Americans and Australians descended upon targets in a coordinated and destructive attack....
Story by Sgt. Sarah Fiocco | Marine Rotational Force - Darwin | 08.28.2013
Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin took off to Bradshaw Field Training Area for Exercise Koolendong on four MV-22B Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, here, Aug. 28. Exercise Koolendong is a bilateral training evolution in which Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin and the 31st MEU will work with Australian soldiers from......
Story by Amy Redmond | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 05.16.2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 15, 2012) – Trena Bradshaw, outreach program specialist in the Project Planning Branch at Nashville District Headquarters, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for March 2012....
