Amid the backdrop of the United States and Australia strengthening military co-operation while tensions in the Indo-Pacific ramp up, U.S. Marines are currently undertaking protection and evacuation training in Australia’s Northern Territory.
The group, part of a contingent of more than 2,000 marines based in Darwin until October, are stationed on Bathurst Island, part of the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin, and have spent the past week training to carry out evacuation missions.
