Marines with Combat Engineer Platoon, Task Force Koa Moana 16-4, provide security before loading into a French air force rotary-wing helicopter in Plum, New Caledonia, Nov. 7, 2016. Croix Du Sud is a multi-national, humanitarian assistance disaster relief and non-combatant evacuation operation exercise conducted every two years to prepare nations in the event of a cyclone in the South Pacific. The Koa Moana exercise seeks to enhance senior military leader engagements between allied and partner nations in the Pacific with a collective interest in military-to-military relations.

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