Marines with 1st LAR Bn. arrive to Australia for Rapid Deployment Exercise [Image 2 of 11]

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE EDINBURGH, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA

07.11.2024

Photo by Cpl. Earik Barton 

Marine Rotational Force - Darwin

U.S. Air National Guardsman with 446th Airlift Wing and a Royal Australian Airforce Airman with 24th Squadron guide a U.S. Marine Corps LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, out of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during Rapid Deployment Exercise at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh, Australia, July 11, 2024. REDEX is a 1st MARDIV training exercise, with this year’s iteration planned in conjunction with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3, to rehearse the ability to rapidly deploy capabilities from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, U.S., to Australia. 1st LAR tested the logistical efficiency and unit readiness required to rapidly deploy a heavy equipment unit within the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command theater by strategic lift and rail to participate in Exercise Predator’s Run 24. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Earik Barton)

• Date Taken: 07.11.2024
• Date Posted: 07.12.2024 22:13
• Photo ID: 8525742
• VIRIN: 240711-M-HW569-1314
• Resolution: 3597x5396
• Size: 2.24 MB
• Location: ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE EDINBURGH, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AU