Travis Edwards (left), assistant coach of Northern Territory Thunder, teaches Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, how to punt during their first Aust More
Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, Jr. (center), commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks with Lt. Col. Matthew Puglisi (left), officer-in-charge, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, and Air Commodore Ken More
Michael Lindsay, a Casuarina Senior College student and member of the Clontarf Foundation, lifts a cinder block to the gardening site at the school, here, May 30. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin h More
Gunnery Sgt. Marcus Gold (left), company gunnery sergeant and martial arts instructor trainer, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, and Sgt. Matthew Barker, machin More
Luke Gosling, a former paratrooper running for federal parliament, kicks the ball over Capt. Raymond L’Heureux, commanding officer, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Da More
Lance Cpl. Brian Walsh (left), team leader, Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, and Australian Army Pvt. Andrew Butler (right), rifleman, Bravo C More
(From left to right) Chief Petty Officer Eduardo Magpayo, senior medical representative, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, reads aloud the promotion citations o More
Cpl. Vincent Moore, radio technician, Headquarters Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, swims across a pool during a Corporals Course physical training se More
Sgt. Maj. William Wiseman II, battalion sergeant major, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, speaks to the Marines of Lima Company, 3rd Bn., 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, at the Rowell C More
Sgt. Ian Polhamus, squad leader, 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, poses in front of an Australian flag, here, June 27. Polhamus lived Down Under f More
Lance Cpl. Brian Walsh, assaultman, Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, traveled back overseas and more than 5,000 miles from Crosshaven, Ireland More
Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin and Australian soldiers conduct a maximum set of pushups in two minutes as part of a Combat Fitness Leadership Course Barrier Test at the Northern Gym, here, July 3 More
Cpl. Barry Morehart, automotive mechanic, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, prepares a D1158 Humvee for a new transmission, here, July 30. Automotive mechanics More
Lance Cpl. Preston Ellenbolt, 1st Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, reads a sign at the Darwin Military Museum, here, Aug. 11. The Australian American More
Carolyn Harris, regional vice president, USO – Pacific, speaks to Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, at the USO lounge, here, Aug. 14. The USO paid More
Cpl. Luis Vasquez (right), automotive mechanic, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, leads Combat Fitness Leadership Course students in a warm-up exercise at the N More
Staff Sgt. Daniel Hubbert (right), platoon sergeant, Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, completes the ammunition can lift portion of a combat fi More
Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin board two MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, here, Aug. 28. A total of four Ospreys flew the Marines to Brads More
Lance Cpl. Chance Voth, team leader, 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, takes a knee as he prepares to engage a simulated enemy force during Exercis More
Lt. Col. Rob Weiler (left), commander, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, awards a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal to Cpl. Kelly Claar (right), squad lea More
Cpl. Frank Smith, Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, pours himself a drink from the Sallyman truck during Exercise Koolendong, here, Sept. 4. Th More
Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, ride in a M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank to their objective during Exercise Gold Eagle 2013, here, Sept. 14. The exercise is an annual, recipro More
Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (left), and members of the Stray Cats (right), have a moment of silence to commemorate those who lost their lives More
Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, run in formation along Red Beach Training Area, here, Dec. 6, 2013. Marines ran four miles wearing boots and utilities. Sections from the e More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Rizzo, surgical technologist attached to Combat Logistics Regiment 1 from Bravo Surgical Company, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, treats a simulated amputation More
Sgt. Ebony Tatum, telecommunications supervisor, Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, ensures a telephone works correctly aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center T More
A Marine with 2nd Platoon, General Support Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, guides a Humvee before an immediate action drill on a routine convoy aboard Mari More
A C-130 drops cargo at an altitude of 1,500 feet during an aerial resupply training procedure with Air Delivery Platoon, Landing Support Company, Headquarters Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group, aboard Camp P More
Navy Lt. Traci Vander Molen, Emergency Trauma Nurse, 1st Marine Logistics Group Headquarters, stretches before a three-mile training run along the Lake O’Neil path aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 15, 2014, More
Sgt. Thanhtam Nguyen, micro miniature repair technician, Reparable Management Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, originally from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, moved to Lancaster, Penn., More
Lance Cpl. Elias Taylor, team leader, 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, kicks the ball during Australian rules football practice at the TIO Stadium More
Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, Jr. (left), commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force, shakes hands with Air Commodore Ken Watson (right), commander, Northern Command, Royal Australian Air Force, after landin More
A Casuarina Senior College student and member of the Clontarf Foundation pushes a wheelbarrow full of cinder blocks to the gardening site at the school, here, May 30. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darw More
Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, practice bayonet techniques during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program class, here, June 3. The company’s goal is More
Sgt. Ian Polhamus, squad leader, 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, catches the ball during an Australian rules football game at the TIO Stadium, he More
Lance Cpl. Daniel Healy, team leader, Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, applies cammie paint before a training exercise, here, June 13. MRF-D M More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Adkerson (left), senior line corpsman, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, pins on the rank insignia of newly promoted Petty Officer More
Corporals Course students jump into a pool during a physical training session, here, June 21. The course provides corporals with the education and skills necessary to lead Marines. Two Australian soldiers and a More
Lt. Col. Tom Wood, battalion commander, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, speaks to the Marines of Lima Company, 3rd Bn., 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, at the Rowell Centre, here, Jun More
Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin and Australian soldiers conduct 100 situps to a cadence during a Combat Fitness Leadership Course Barrier Test at the Northern Gym, here, July 30. This was one of s More
Cpl. Christopher Sexton, automotive mechanic, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, changes the belt tensioner on a D1158 Humvee, here, July 30. Automotive mechanic More
Cpl. Philip Munro, intelligence specialist, Headquarters Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, reads the names of the fallen US troops in World War II at t More
A Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, stocks the USO lounge fridge with soft drinks, here, Aug. 14. The USO provides beverages, snacks and other ameni More
Cpl. Luis Vasquez, automotive mechanic, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, blows his whistle, signaling the beginning of another exercise in a circuit course he More
Cpl. David Savage, squad leader, Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, low crawls during the maneuver under fire portion of a combat fitness test, More
After refueling, four MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, wait to depart for Bradshaw Field Training Area for Exercise Koolendong, here, Aug. 28. During thi More
Two Marines with Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, fire 60mm mortars as part of a live-fire training event, ensuring they have accurate aim on More
Arnold Beazley, a Salvation Army representative known as the Sallyman, hands out cookies to Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin during Exercise Koolendong, here, Sept. 4. Beazley delivers cold beverag More
Lt. Col. Rob Weiler (left), commander, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, awards a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal to Lance Cpl. Robert Pettway, team lea More
Lance Cpl. Brian Walsh, assaultman, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, and member of the Marine rugby team, jumps to catch the ball during the first official 9/1 More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, run in formation along Red Beach Training Area, here, Dec. 6, 2013. Marines ran four miles wearing boots and More
(From left to right) Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandy Almeida, Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Goffney and Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexander Mills, all corpsmen attached to Combat Logistics Regiment 1 from Bravo S More
Lance Cpl. Justin Walton, motor transportation operator and refueler, 2nd Platoon, General Support Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, drives a Humvee as part More
Lance Cpl. Jacob Turnage, data network specialist, Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, secures the cords connected to the Support Wide Area Network transmitter aboard More
A Marine with Air Delivery Platoon, Landing Support Company, Headquarters Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group, parachutes to the ground during an aerial resupply training procedure, aboard Camp Pendleton, Cali More
Cpl. Kelly Claar, squad leader, 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, kicks the ball during Australian rules football practice at the TIO Stadium, here More
Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, Jr., commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks with Sgt. Donald Bowley, assault section leader, Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marin More
Joel Greenoff, a Casuarina Senior College student and member of the Clontarf Foundation digs up dirt at the gardening site at the school, here, May 30. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin helped stude More
A Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, completes a hip toss during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program class, here, June 4. The company’s goal is to up More
Team Inpex, the winning team, poses around the Heroes Game trophy at the TIO Stadium, here, June 8. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, split into tw More
A Marine with Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, provides security during a patrol to a trench, here, June 13. MRF-D Marines and their Australia More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Adkerson, senior line corpsman, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, reads the History of the US Navy Hospital Corps during a corpsma More
Corporals Course students complete pushups after swimming across a pool during a physical training session, here, June 21. The course provides corporals with the education and skills necessary to lead Marines. More
Sgt. Michael Valentino (left) and Cpl. Luis Vasquez (right), both automotive mechanics, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, complete a 2.4-kilometer run as part o More
Cpl. Christopher Sexton (top) and Cpl. Barry Morehart (below), automotive mechanics, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, change the belt tensioner on a D1158 Humv More
Cpl. Jeffrey Hall (left), food service specialist, and Cpl. Vincent Moore (right), radio technician, both with Headquarters Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – D More
Valerie Donegan (left center), USO director of IT, speaks with Moulden Park Primary School students and Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, during a More
Lance Cpl. Francisco Deleon, radio technician, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotation Force – Darwin, completes a barbell abdominal rollout during a Combat Fitness Leadership Course p More
Cpl. David Savage, squad leader, Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, fireman carries another Marine during the maneuver under fire portion of a c More
An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes off to Bradshaw Field Training Area for Exercise Koolendong, here, Aug. 28. Marines with Marine Rotational Force More
Lance Cpl. Justin Oates, machine gunner, Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, engages a simulated enemy force with an M240B machine gun, here, Sep More
Arnold Beazley (center), a Salvation Army representative known as the Sallyman, and Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, gather around the Sallyman truck during Exercise Koolendong, here, Sept. 4. Bea More
Lt. Col. Rob Weiler (left), commander, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, awards a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal to Lance Cpl. Edmond Thomas, team lead More
Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and Australian soldiers with 1st Aromoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, ride through a ditch in an amphibious assault vehicle t More
Australian Army Brig. Gen. John Frewen, commander, 1st Brigade, and Stray Cats player, catches the ball as his teammates lift him up during the first official 9/11-tribute rugby game against Marine Rotational F More
Marines with Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, run in formation along Red Beach Training Area, here, Dec. 6, 2013. Marines ran four miles wearing boots and utili More
Lance Cpl. Justin Walton, motor transportation operator and refueler, 2nd Platoon, General Support Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, walks along the convoy a More
Navy Lt. Traci Vander Molen, Emergency Trauma Nurse, 1st Marine Logistics Group Headquarters, runs along the Lake O’Neil path aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 15, 2014, in preparation for the Boston Maratho More
1st Lt. Wesley Nix (left), platoon commander, 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, and Gunnery Sgt. Adam Robinson (right), communications chief, Headq More
Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, Jr., commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks to the Marines of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, at the Rowell Centr More
Lance Cpl. Daniel Healy, mortar man, Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, helps Michael Lindsay, a Casuarina Senior College student and member of More
A Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, completes a fireman’s carry during a combat conditioning portion of a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program class, h More
Marines with Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, patrol to a trench, here, June 13. MRF-D Marines and their Australian counterparts trained toget More
Australian Army Warrant Officer Class 2 Carryn Eustace, company sergeant major, 8 Close Health Company, and Australian Army Lt. Ryan Blignaut, operations officer, 8 Close Health Company, attend the promotion ce More
Cpl. Richard Kripps, team leader, 1st Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, stands at attention during a Corporals Course sword manual practice, here, June More
Cpl. Luis Vasquez, automotive mechanic, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, runs an Illinois Shuttle, a series of sprints to be completed in 18 seconds or less, a More
Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin watch a history video at the Darwin Military Museum, here, Aug. 11. The Australian American Association invited MRF-D Marines to tour the museum. Many of the exhibi More
Cpl. Luis Vasquez, automotive mechanic, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, motivates one of his Australian Army classmates during a Combat Fitness Leadership Course physical training More
A Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, runs as he carries two 30-pound ammunition cans through the maneuver under fire portion of a combat fitness test More
A Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, jumps out the back of a 7-ton truck during Exercise Koolendong, here, Sept. 3. MRF-D Marines traveled to the ran More
(From left to right) Cpl. Kelly Claar, Lance Cpl. Edmond Thomas and Lance Cpl. Robert Pettway, all with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine rotational Force – Darwin, stand in formation aft More
Arnold Beazley, a Salvation Army representative known as the Sallyman, holds the Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, guidon during Exercise Koolendong, here, Sept More
Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Tank Battalion, engage a target from an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during Exercise Gold Eagle 2013, here, Sept. 14. The exercise is an annual, reciprocal, company-level militar More
A Marine Rotational Force – Darwin rugby team player prepares to throw the ball during the first official 9/11-tribute game against the Stray Cats, here, Sept. 21. The game was pre-determined a draw, so both te More