DEFENDER is the Army’s largest annual opportunity to exercise moving personnel and equipment into theater across modes for initial and follow-on operations critical to Large Scale Combat Operations. Led by U.S. Army Europe and Africa, the exercise focuses on the strategic deployment of CONUS-based forces, employment of Army Prepositioned Stock and follow-on exercises demonstrating lethality and interoperability with Allies and partners

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U.S. Marines and Australian Soldiers practice fast rope techniques
Marine Rotational Force - Darwin
Oct. 4, 2023 | 1:45
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 23 and Australian Army Soldiers with Charlie Co. 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment conduct a fast rope exercise with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 (Reinforced) on Robertson Barracks Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Aug. 15, 2023. MRF-D is postured and ready to respond to crisis and contingency in the region, contributing to a safe and prosperous Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Daniel Childs)
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