General
Thousands of US marines to touch down in Darwin before June 2021
Thousands of US marines will begin arriving in the Northern Territory within days as part of an annual training rotation, the Department of Defence has confirmed.
Key points:
- 2021 marks the 10th annual rotation of US marines in Darwin
- Last year a smaller, modified unit trained in the NT
- A facility has been rented for arrivals to quarantine in
About 2,200 marines will arrive in Darwin from the United States between now and June this year, arriving in batches of 200-500 marines.
The Department of Defence says each marine will have to do a coronavirus test within 72 hours of their departure and show a negative result before boarding the plane to Australia.
After they touch down in the Northern Territory, the marines will have to do another…
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