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USS America, Embarked 31st MEU Elements in Papua New Guinea for Humanitarian Efforts

USS America, Embarked 31st MEU Elements in Papua New Guinea for Humanitarian Efforts

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Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Bougainville Disaster Response Joint-Agency workers, load supplies onto a CH-53E Super Stallion during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, Aug. 12, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo

Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6) and its embarked elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Bougainville, a region in Papua New Guinea, Thursday, to carry out Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations after volcanic eruptions of Mount Bagana in July displaced numerous communities in the area and cut off access to food and water for them. Read More →

CO: In Australia, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin is at the ‘Cutting Edge’ of Force Design

CO: In Australia, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin is at the ‘Cutting Edge’ of Force Design

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A U.S. Marine with India Co., 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 23 provides security during Exercise Talisman Sabre 23 at Lakeside Airpark, Queensland, Australia, July 28, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo

What began with 250 American Marines and sailors at Australia’s “Top End” 12 years ago has grown into a Marine air-ground task force of 2,500 that spends its seven-month rotation spread across Australia and the western Pacific. Read More →