Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Trainor, a machine gunner with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, attached to Marine Rotational Force - Southeast Asia, leads a period of instruction of weapons handling for a M240B machine gun to Marines with MRF-SEA and Indonesian marines with 10th Marine Infantry Battalion, Indonesian Korps Marinir, during Keris Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2024 on Galang Island, Batam, Indonesia, Nov. 8, 2024. Keris MAREX is a bilateral exercise conducted by the Marine Corps and Korps Marinir Republik Indonesia, or Indonesian Marine Corps, to strengthen relationship


Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Trainor, a machine gunner with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, attached to Marine Rotational Force - Southeast Asia, leads a period of instruction of weapons handling for a M240B machine gun to Marines with MRF-SEA and Indonesian marines with 10th Marine Infantry Battalion, Indonesian Korps Marinir, during Keris Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2024 on Galang Island, Batam, Indonesia, Nov. 8, 2024. Keris MAREX is a bilateral exercise conducted by the Marine Corps and Korps Marinir Republik Indonesia, or Indonesian Marine Corps, to strengthen relationships as military partners and increase interoperability among participating forces in the advancement of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. MRF-SEA is a rotational unit derived from elements of I Marine Expeditionary Force executing a Marine Corps Forces, Pacific operational model that involves training events and exchanges with partner military subject matter experts, promotes security goals with Allied and partner nations, and ensures a persistent I MEF presence west of the International Date Line. Rutherford is a Texas native. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter)


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Keywords: indonesia, indopacific, keris, korps, marex, marines, marinir, mrfsea