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Lance Cpl. Tyler Higgason, a rifleman with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, holds his daughter, Abbigail, and is embraced by his wife, Kayla, at a homecoming event aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 26, 2013. The company returned from a deployment to Marine Rotational Force Darwin, Australia. While on the deployment, Lima company partook in a number of training exercises with the Australian Defence Force and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit like Exercise Talisman Saber 2013 and Exercise Koolendong. The remainder of the battalion is in Okinawa, Japan as part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan) - Lance Cpl. Tyler Higgason, a rifleman with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, holds his daughter, Abbigail, and is embraced by his wife, Kayla, at a homecoming event aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 26, 2013. The company returned from a deployment to Marine Rotational Force Darwin, Australia. While on the deployment, Lima company partook in a number of training exercises with the Australian Defence Force and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit like Exercise Talisman Saber 2013 and Exercise Koolendong. The remainder of the battalion is in Okinawa, Japan as part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan)

Lima Company returns from Australia

Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment returned from deployment in Darwin, Australia.

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Lance Cpl. Jeremy Coulon, machine gunner and squad leader, weapons platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, and a San Marcos, Texas, native, patrols through a Tongan village on his way to a vehicle checkpoint training evolution as part of Exercise Tafakula 2013 in Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga, Sept. 10, 2013.(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke) - Lance Cpl. Jeremy Coulon, machine gunner and squad leader, weapons platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, and a San Marcos, Texas, native, patrols through a Tongan village on his way to a vehicle checkpoint training evolution as part of Exercise Tafakula 2013 in Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga, Sept. 10, 2013.(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke)

Exercise Tafakula 2013 tests security skills

Marines learn how to conduct searches at checkpoints during 2013 Exercise Tafakula.

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Marines with Marine Rotational Force Darwin run with logs over their shoulders alongside infantry platoons from the Tongan Defence Service and the French Armed Forces New Caledonia during a log-run competition as part of Exercise Tafakula 2013 at Taliai Military Camp, Kingdom of Tonga, Sept. 2, 2013. The purpose of the exercise is to enhance interoperability and improve U.S. military-to-military relations with the Tongan Defence Service and the French Armed Forces New Caledonia.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke) - Marines with Marine Rotational Force Darwin run with logs over their shoulders alongside infantry platoons from the Tongan Defence Service and the French Armed Forces New Caledonia during a log-run competition as part of Exercise Tafakula 2013 at Taliai Military Camp, Kingdom of Tonga, Sept. 2, 2013. The purpose of the exercise is to enhance interoperability and improve U.S. military-to-military relations with the Tongan Defence Service and the French Armed Forces New Caledonia.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke)

Militaries compete in log-run race

Tongan, French, American militaries participate in a log race together.

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U.S. Marines with Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, participate in a conditioning hike during Exercise Southern Jackaroo 2015 June 14 at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland, Australia. SJ15 was a combined training opportunity for the Marines with their Australian allies that helped to improve interoperability between the two forces. The U.S. Marine Corps and the Australian Defence Forces are committed to continuing their tradition of more than 100 years of global partnership and security cooperation between Australia and the United States of America. - U.S. Marines with Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, participate in a conditioning hike during Exercise Southern Jackaroo 2015 June 14 at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland, Australia. SJ15 was a combined training opportunity for the Marines with their Australian allies that helped to improve interoperability between the two forces. The U.S. Marine Corps and the Australian Defence Forces are committed to continuing their tradition of more than 100 years of global partnership and security cooperation between Australia and the United States of America.

Marines wrap-up Exercise Southern Jackaroo 2015

At midday on the culmination of Exercise Southern Jackaroo, various amounts of gunfire could be

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Marines with Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, commence Exercise Southern Jackaroo with soldiers with Company A, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, Australian Army, Australian Defence Force, May 3 at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland, Australia. SJ15 is a bilateral training exercise between soldiers from Company A, 3RAR, and the Marines with MRF-D. The rotational deployment of U.S. Marines in Australia affords an unprecedented combined training opportunity with their Australian allies and improves interoperability between the two forces. - Marines with Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, commence Exercise Southern Jackaroo with soldiers with Company A, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, Australian Army, Australian Defence Force, May 3 at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland, Australia. SJ15 is a bilateral training exercise between soldiers from Company A, 3RAR, and the Marines with MRF-D. The rotational deployment of U.S. Marines in Australia affords an unprecedented combined training opportunity with their Australian allies and improves interoperability between the two forces.

Marines jump into Exercise Southern Jackaroo 2015

U.S. Marines with Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin,

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