Royal Australian service members and U.S. Marines work together as a CH-53E Super Stallion prepares to land August 22 at Bradshaw Field Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia. The culminating event of Koolendong 14 will entail fire and maneuver exercises executed bilaterally with members of the Australian Army’s 1st Brigade and U.S. Marine’s 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment involving, infantry, tanks, artillery and engineers. The Marines are currently deployed in part of the Marine Rotational Force Darwin. The rotational deployment of U.S. Marines affords an unprecedented combined training opportunity with their Australian allies, and improves interoperability between the two forces. (Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joey S. Holeman, Jr./ Released)