The Corps just hit a milestone Down Under by deploying even more Marines to Australia
By: Shawn Snow  
Several hundred additional U.S. Marines have been deployed to Australia, bumping the Corps’ footprint Down Under to 2,500, Australia’s Defence Department announced Wednesday evening.
It’s a major milestone as the Corps reaches its goal of a 2,500 Marine rotation to Australia, which was agreed to during the 2018 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations.
The U.S. military is considering investing more than $211 million into construction in Darwin, Australia.
By: Shawn Snow
Lieutenant Colin B. Kennard, a Marine spokesman, said the additional forces include grunts from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines based out of Hawaii; some Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 1 based at Camp Pendleton, California; and a shock trauma platoon from 3rd Medical Battalion in Okinawa, Japan.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/07/25/the-corps-just-deployed-more-marines-to-australia-and-hit-a-major-milestone/
