US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Aaron Moore, a rifleman with the Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, conducts a patrol during jungle warfare training in Tully. The training, with Australian soldiers from 5RAR, was conducted to condition the warfighters to thrive in ‘close’ tropical environments and give them opportunities to prepare for arduous jungle-warfare scenarios. US Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Nicholas Filca.
We think Lance Corporal Moore was trying not to think about the hundreds of Australian animals, insects and even plants that were put on this continent just to kill him. 34
CONTACT Air Land & Sea – Issue 62 – June 2019