{"id":18105,"date":"2023-10-05T01:19:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T22:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=18105"},"modified":"2023-10-05T01:23:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T22:23:43","slug":"us-marines-conduct-series-of-exercises-with-indo-pacific-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/us-marines-conduct-series-of-exercises-with-indo-pacific-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"US Marines conduct series of exercises with Indo-Pacific partners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

United States Marines and Sailors from Marine Rotational Force – Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA) began its second rotational deployment in the Indo-Pacific region. The deployment of the U.S. forces will continue through mid-December.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Marines and sailors began their deployment with joint naval exercise Sama Sama with the Philippine forces on September 26, 2023. The U.S. forces are conducting a series of exercises and security cooperation engagements with regional allies, including the Philippine Marine Corps, Indonesian Marine Corps, and Royal Malaysian Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the U.S. Marine Corps statement, MRF-SEA rotation “marks a significant step towards implementing Marine Corps Force Design concepts for the efficient force deployment and sustainment of U.S. Marine forces in the vast Indo-Pacific region.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this deployment, the exercises and activities will offer the U.S. forces opportunities to improve collaboration with Indo-Pacific partners in various fields, including combined naval operations, heliborne operations, coastal defense operations, amphibious raids, company and platoon-level live-fire exercises, and knowledge and experience sharing among subject matter experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commanding officer of the MRF-SEA 23, Col. M. Thomas Siverts said in a statement that “Leading Marine Rotational Force – Southeast Asia while shoulder-to-shoulder with our partners, inside their respective command posts, provides a remarkable and dynamic vantage point.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col. Siverts added, “We are enabling operations that span the vast expanse of the Indo-Pacific region, demonstrating our adaptability in pursuit of our mission. This unique setup emphasizes our commitment to shared security objectives and enhances our collaboration with Allies and partners in a rapidly changing environment.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia and Indonesian marines with 7th Infantry Battalion, 4th Marine Brigade, conduct a patrol during Keris Marine Exercise 23, on PiaBung Training Area, Lampung, Indonesia, in November 2023. (Image Credit: Twitter\/@PacificMarines)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit commanding officer and command element are at the helm of this MRF-SEA rotation. The modular force is designed to promote interoperability and strengthen partnerships with Southeast Asian allies and partner states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The force comprises a compact command element, along with attached enablers, a reconnaissance platoon, joint terminal attack controllers, air and naval gunfire liaisons, explosive ordnance disposal Marines, and operators skilled in unmanned aerial systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Marine Corps release highlighted that the “MRF-SEA serves as a flexible deployment option for joint force commanders to advance maritime security objectives in close partnership with regional Allies and partners. As a task-organized force, it can be adjusted to fit the specific needs of the theater, including changes in composition, size, and duration.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

United States Marines and Sailors from Marine Rotational Force – Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA) began its second rotational deployment in the Indo-Pacific region. The deployment of the U.S. forces will continue through mid-December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[124,1,125],"tags":[137,380,6,377,87,80,5,90,217,302,7],"class_list":["post-18105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-news","category-united-states","tag-asia","tag-asia-pacific","tag-defense","tag-indo-pacific","tag-indonesia","tag-malaysia","tag-military","tag-navy","tag-philippines","tag-south-east-asia","tag-u-s"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/US-Indonesia-Marines-exercise.jpg?fit=690%2C370&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7jJWb-4I1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18105"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18119,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18105\/revisions\/18119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}