{"id":55894,"date":"2018-12-28T21:32:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T21:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/28\/new-in-2019-are-more-marines-headed-to-australia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:45:09","slug":"new-in-2019-are-more-marines-headed-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2018\/12\/28\/new-in-2019-are-more-marines-headed-to-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"New in 2019: Are more Marines headed to Australia?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps\u2019 rotation to Australia in 2018 was the largest yet, with just more than 1,500 Marines training in the Pacific country, but there are plans to eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/07\/24\/marine-corps-presence-in-australia-to-rise-to-2500-as-soon-as-possible\/\" target=_blank>boost those numbers<\/a> to 2,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations in July, American and Australian officials vowed to boost the numbers of Marines rotating through the country to 2,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps\u2019 seventh rotation to Australia in 2018 featured MV-22 Ospreys, M777 howitzers and 1,587 Marines, next years could be larger.<\/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\/2018\/07\/24\/marine-corps-presence-in-australia-to-rise-to-2500-as-soon-as-possible\/\" 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=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/darwin.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\">Marine Corps presence in Australia to rise to 2,500 as soon as possible<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The current size of Marine Rotation Force Darwin is 1,587.<\/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\">The training exercises in Australia have been important to the Corps as it is in the middle of one the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/digital-show-dailies\/2018\/04\/10\/amid-rising-threats-the-corps-flexes-to-the-pacific\/\" target=\"_blank\">largest flexes of Marines<\/a> to the Pacific region since World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Secretaries and Ministers highlighted the importance of U.S.-Australia defense cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, particularly through full implementation of Force Posture Initiatives between U.S. and Australian forces in Australia. 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