Ontario native, U.S. Marine deploys to Australia

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Rhett Brohas, communications officer, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, is one of 1,200 Marines who will take part in this year's rotation. A Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, native, Brohas is responsible for the field and garrison communication architecture during the deployment.
“I have been serving in the Marine Corps for 18 years. If I were to go back and peel the onion that is my career of service, the most important parts would be the intangible things. Traveling, adventure, being in Australia and wherever else I have gotten to go is great, but just the internal drive to accomplish goals is the most important to me. You start at boot camp and you do the confidence course, you do all these little wickets of training and they build you up and you are left to ask 'what else can I do? What else can I be?' That is the biggest thing I’ve gotten from the Marine Corps, it has definitely kicked my ass and got me going in that aspect.”
The U.S. and Australian governments decided in late-March to delay the rotation due to restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to resume the deployment comes as the government of Australia is granting an exemption to current travel restrictions to allow the 2020 MRF-D rotation to proceed, based on Australia’s record to date in managing impacts from COVID-19 as well as strict adherence by deployed U.S. Marines to the mandatory 14-day quarantine and other requirements.