Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin Alexander, a platoon sergeant with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, prepares his PVS-31’s during Exercise Predator’s Run 24 at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug. 3, 2024. During Rapid Deployment Exercise, 1st LAR rapidly deployed from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, , to Australia by strategic lift and rail to participate in the 1st Brigade, Australian Army led, Exercise Predator’s Run 24. Exercise Predator’s run 24 provides Marine Rotational Force – Darwin reinforced by 1


Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin Alexander, a platoon sergeant with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, prepares his PVS-31’s during Exercise Predator’s Run 24 at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug. 3, 2024. During Rapid Deployment Exercise, 1st LAR rapidly deployed from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, , to Australia by strategic lift and rail to participate in the 1st Brigade, Australian Army led, Exercise Predator’s Run 24. Exercise Predator’s run 24 provides Marine Rotational Force – Darwin reinforced by 1st LAR, the opportunity to conduct training missions as a Marine Air Ground Task Force, while integrating command and control, aviation, logistics, off-continent and Allied capabilities to increase security and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region. Alexander is a native of Texas. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Earik Barton)


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