An Australian Army soldier from the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines disembark a United States Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft during a simulated assault on the urban operations training facility, Shoalwater Bay Training Area. *** Local Caption *** Senior military leadership from Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and United States were able to observe as troops from Exercise Carabaroo conducted a trilateral urban assault on the urban operations training facility at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, 1 Jun 19. Soldiers from the United States, Australia and the Philippines are participating in Exercise Carabaroo are conducting multilateral urban warfare training to develop drills, enhance interoperability and increase lethality within the urban environment. Exercise Carabaroo involves around 150 members from the United States Marine Rotation Force - Darwin, around 150 from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and around 60 from the Australian Army's 8th/9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment.

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