A Marine with Company B., 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, checks his surroundings while providing security on an M240B machine gun during an airfield seizure for Exercise Loobye at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug. 12, 2021. B Co. began Exercise Loobye by seizing Nackeroo Airfield at Bradshaw Field Training Area, creating a secure location to conduct a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Infiltration. Exercises like Loobye demonstrate MRF-D’s ability to conduct operations as a joint force with the ADF, execut


A Marine with Company B., 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, checks his surroundings while providing security on an M240B machine gun during an airfield seizure for Exercise Loobye at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug. 12, 2021. B Co. began Exercise Loobye by seizing Nackeroo Airfield at Bradshaw Field Training Area, creating a secure location to conduct a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Infiltration. Exercises like Loobye demonstrate MRF-D’s ability to conduct operations as a joint force with the ADF, execute expeditionary operations, like HIRAIN, and exemplify their mutual dedication to being postured and ready to respond to a crisis or contingency in the Indo-Pacific region.


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