New Zealand Army Lance Cpl. Piquet Lawson, left, a reconnaissance soldier with 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, patrols with Marines from 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, while extracting from an observation post during Exercise Southern Katipo 17 (SK17) at St. Arnaud, New Zealand, Oct. 26, 2017. Marines and some New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) members role played as part of the opposition forces during SK17, a large scale exercise hosted by the NZDF with 16 participating nations playing various supporting roles. ( Marine Corps

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New Zealand Army Lance Cpl. Piquet Lawson, left, a reconnaissance soldier with 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, patrols with Marines from 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, while extracting from an observation post during Exercise Southern Katipo 17 (SK17) at St. Arnaud, New Zealand, Oct. 26, 2017. Marines and some New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) members role played as part of the opposition forces during SK17, a large scale exercise hosted by the NZDF with 16 participating nations playing various supporting roles. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Allison M. DeVries) Marines and New Zealand Army Soldiers participate in Exercise Southern Katipo 17 in New Zealand by #PACOM

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