{"id":35975,"date":"2024-08-09T16:50:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/08\/09\/could-thousands-more-us-marines-be-stationed-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:13:21","slug":"could-thousands-more-us-marines-be-stationed-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/08\/09\/could-thousands-more-us-marines-be-stationed-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Could thousands more US Marines be stationed in Australia?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly 2,000 U.S. Marines played a central role in two exercises in Australia this summer that tested how the nation would react to a crisis in the region, the latest example of the deepening security ties between the two countries in the face of an ascendant China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the land down under would end up hosting thousands more Marines on a near-permanent basis \u2014 perhaps up to 16,000 \u2014 under <a href=\"https:\/\/ipa.org.au\/publications-ipa\/research-papers\/the-defence-of-australia-a-blueprint-for-the-next-government-paper-1-national-security-and-australias-northern-defence\" target=\"_blank\">a plan<\/a> recently floated by an Australian think tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ipa.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Institute of Public Affairs<\/a> argued in a report released this week that hosting all those Marines could be the country\u2019s \u201ccheapest boost\u201d to deterrence against adversaries such as China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Australian government should open discussions with the U.S. to host a rotational presence of a Marine Expeditionary Brigade potentially of around 16,000 personnel, bringing with it significant increased firepower and aviation assets,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/ipa.org.au\/publications-ipa\/research-papers\/the-defence-of-australia-a-blueprint-for-the-next-government-paper-1-national-security-and-australias-northern-defence\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> states.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/05\/13\/in-chinas-backyard-the-new-marine-regiments-changing-the-fight\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3d-LAAB-Gun-Drills.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">In China\u2019s backyard: The new Marine regiments changing the fight<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Here&#039;s what you need to know about the Corps\u2019 newest regiment: the \u00adMarine littoral regiment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more than a decade, the Corps has dedicated a rotational force that typically runs out of Camp Darwin on the northern coast of the Northern Territory, strategically positioned with access to Indonesia and a 1,400-mile direct shot to the southern section of the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the existing Camp Darwin and its surrounding expanse in the Northern Territory holds ample room for more troops and equipment, further infrastructure to support permanently or semi-permanently stationing troops there would be required, the report warns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe acknowledge that recent governments have started this process, but only stress that more needs to be done more quickly,\u201d according to the think tank <a href=\"https:\/\/ipa.org.au\/publications-ipa\/research-papers\/the-defence-of-australia-a-blueprint-for-the-next-government-paper-1-national-security-and-australias-northern-defence\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a>. \u201cThe government needs to start a discussion with the private sector about the best way to speed and scale-up this exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organization estimates that a Marine build-up could start as soon as next year and be fully in place by 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In July, Marines participated in Exercise Pitch Black and Exercise Predator\u2019s Run with Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imef.marines.mil\/Units\/Major-Subordinate-Commands\/Marine-Rotational-Force-Darwin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marine Rotational Force-Darwin<\/a>, or MRF-D, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/01\/05\/marine-rotational-force-units-expand-corps-pacific-footprint\/\" target=\"_blank\">a key player <\/a>in the country\u2019s military exercises since at least 2012. But those forces are only on site from April to October each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there, the Marines fill in gaps and bring capabilities to link into existing Australian and partner nation forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a force that has, first and foremost, the ability to respond to a crisis across any spectrum,\u201d Col. Brian Mulvihill, the commanding officer of MRF-D, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/08\/05\/australia-based-marines-ready-for-crisis-response-regional-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marine Corps Times<\/a> this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategic positioning in Australia gives the Marines another position in China\u2019s neighborhood, adding to the nearly 18,000 Marines on Okinawa and an ongoing force buildup on Guam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To meet the tactical needs of the West Pacific, the Corps has built Marine Littoral Regiments, the 3rd MLR in Hawaii, the 12th MLR still under construction in Okinawa and a Guam-based regiment to launch next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those units are equipped with more sensing, air defense and targeting gear than a traditional infantry or artillery regiment. 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