Marine Rotational Force – Darwin
| Marine Rotational Force – Darwin | |
|---|---|
 US Marines assigned to the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin and Australian soldiers prepare to board an American helicopter in 2014 | |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Marine Corps |
| Type | Marine Air-Ground Task Force |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel James A. Schnelle[1] |
Marine Rotational Force-Darwin is a United States Marine Corps Marine Air-Ground Task Force based at both Robertson Barracks and RAAF Base Darwin.
Assets
- Key
- GCE = Ground Combat Element
- ACE = Aviation Combat Element
- LCE = Logistic Combat Element
- MRF-D (April – October 2012)
- GCE – Fox Company, 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines
- MRF-D (April – October 2013)
- GCE – Lima Company, 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines [2]
- MRF-D (April – October 2014)
- GCE – 1st Battalion 5th Marines
- ACE – Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 (HMH-463) with Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallions[3]
- LCE – Combat Logistics Regiment 3 (CLR-3)[4]
- MRF-D (April – October 2015)
- GCE – 1st Battalion 4th Marines[5]
- ACE – HMH-463 with Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallions[5]
- MRF-D (April – October 2016)
- GCE – 1st Battalion 1st Marines[6]
- ACE – Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 (HMLA-367) with Bell UH-1Y Venoms.[6]
- MRF-D 17.2 (April – October 2017)
- GCE – 3rd Battalion 4th Marines[7]
- ACE – Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 (HMLA-367) with Bell AH-1Z Vipers, and Bell UH-1Y Venoms.[8] Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 (VMM-268) with Bell Boeing MV-22B Ospreys.[9]
- MRF-D 18.2 (April – October 2018)
- GCE – 2nd Battalion 4th Marines[10]
- GCE – Mike Battery, 3rd Battalion 11th Marines[11]
- ACE – Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 (VMM-268) with Bell Boeing MV-22B Ospreys.[12]
References
- ^ "Officer in Charge". U.S. Marines. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "The Marines are back". Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS). Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 2014 begins to arrive Down Under". DVIDS. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "USNS Bobo brings MRF-D Marines and gear Down Under". DVIDS. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Marines arrive Down Under to train with Australian counterparts". DVIDS. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Marines depart U.S. for next Australian rotation". Marine Corps Times. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Marines Arrive Marine Rotational Force Darwin". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "Air Superiority: Marines offload AH-1 Cobras in Darwin". DVIDS. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "MV-22 Osprey Trans-Pacific B-roll Part 1". DVIDS. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Marines Land Down Under MRF-D 2018". DVIDS. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Marine Rotational Force - Darwin 2018 Conduct Indirect Fire Support Exercise". DVIDS. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "marines-mv-22-osprey-tilrotor-aircraft-arrive-top-end". DVIDS. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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