MRF-D trains with Aussies, MEU ‘out bush’ during Exercise Koolendong [Image 6 of 9]

BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA

09.03.2013

Photo by Sgt. Sarah Fiocco 

Marine Rotational Force - Darwin

Marines with Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, fires a Shoulder-Launched, Multipurpose Assault Weapon as part of a movement-to-contact training evolution during Exercise Koolendong, here, Sept. 3. This training evolution is the first of its kind here in which Marines with MRF-D and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit worked bilaterally with the Australian soldiers of Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment as a “proof of concept” to assess the capacity of the training ranges to support a battalion-sized live-fire event.

• Date Taken: 09.03.2013
• Date Posted: 09.04.2013 11:12
• Photo ID: 1009630
• VIRIN: 130903-M-AL626-0664
• Resolution: 4308x2802
• Size: 3.26 MB
• Location: BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AU