ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE, Darwin -- Marine Lt. Col. Brian Middleton, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, shakes hands with Brigadier General 1st Brigade, Ben James, Australian Army, in Australia, April 18, 2017. The numbers of marines have grown from 200 in 2012 to over 1200 this year.

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