Asia-Pacific exercises test regional navies' co-operation

摘要

As US armed forces continue to 'rebalance' towards the Asia-Pacific region, the growing number of US Navy (USN) and Marine Corps (USMC) units and weapon systems in that theatre are challenging regional partners' capabilities through recent multilateral naval and amphibious exercises, US defence officials have told IHS Jane's. Off the coast of northern Australia, the USN's Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participated in Exercise 'Koolendong 2013' (KD13) - a bilateral live-fire combined arms exercise - with the 5th Royal Australian Regiment and the company-sized element of the US Marine Rotational Force-Darwin.