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U.S., Australia, and Japan strengthen ties during Southern Jackaroo 25
18 Jun 2025 | 1st Lt. Samuel DeRobertis Marine Rotational Force - Darwin
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TOWNSVILLE, Australia –
U.S. Marines and Sailors with the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) arrived in Townsville to train alongside the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) during Exercise Southern Jackaroo 25, a multi-lateral exercise held from May 25 through June 13, 2025 at the Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland, Australia.
This year marked the largest iteration of the exercise with over 3,000 total participants, to include more than 500 Marines and 300 Japanese soldiers. Additionally, for the first time, MRF-D brought the full capability of the MAGTF to include MV-22B Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, the MAGTF aviation combat element (ACE).
The Marines arrived in Townsville and immediately maneuvered to the Townsville Field Training Area where they began the force-on-force portion of the exercise, also known as the North Queensland Warfighter Exercise (NQWFX). The Marines, organized as a task force, worked alongside the Australian 3rd Brigade and a task force of JGSDF soldiers to seize and clear key terrain within the bounds of a complex scenario. This portion tested the combined force’s ability to receive and execute constantly evolving mission sets and provide a unified response.
The MRF-D task force served as an air assault element, leveraging support from Ospreys to insert into an objective, secure it with Marines with the MAGTF ground combat element (GCE), and withdraw, setting conditions for the ADF and JGSDF to achieve their respective follow-on objectives. Everything in this evolution is dynamic, unscripted and challenges each country to tightly synchronize movements.
https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/4223094/us-australia-and-japan-strengthen-ties-during-southern-jackaroo-25/
Baltic Viking enhances Michigan Guard Support for NATO, Latvia
CAMP ADAZI, Latvia — U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Michigan Army National Guard recently conducted training with soldiers from NATO Multinational Division-North and the Latvian Armed Forces during Exercise Baltic Viking.
During the Baltic Viking exercise, held June 1-13, 2025, Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment improved their training proficiency and lethality by conducting live-fire and machine gun squad training alongside NATO allies in Latvia. This experience enabled participants to understand how other allied nations approach tactical situations, enhancing interoperability when collaborating in the field.
“Live fire today helped us create cohesion with our NATO allies through working with the Latvians and the Danes. We were exposed to different techniques and cultures, which helped us overall improve on our mission of being more lethal and ready to stand with NATO,” said U.S. Army Spc. Evan Redwine, an infantryman with C Company, 1-125 IN.
https://www.army.mil/article/286431/baltic_viking_enhances_michigan_guard_support_for_nato_latvia
How Silver Saved My Life
In 1999, Lobo Tiggre was stranded in Mexico—job gone, three kids to feed, and no income. Paper pesos? Worthless. But in a moment of crisis, silver coins he’d hoarded since childhood became lifelines. “I sold the coins for current pesos and went to the grocery store. I literally bought food for my family that day.”
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