Cpl. Blake Kirkham, assigned to 2nd Royal Australian Regiment, 5th
platoon, secures the beach head for an amphibious assault vehicle during
a mechanized raid rehearsal on Pyramid Rock Beach at Marine Corps Base
Hawaii during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercises. RIMPAC is a
biennial, multinational exercise designed to strengthen regional
partnerships and improve multinational interoperability. (U.S. Marine
Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jody Lee Smith/Released)
Strategypage has the above photo listed as "Australian Marines invading Hawaii"...Is the 2nd Royal Australian Regiment now listed as a Marine unit? Are there plans to re-designate an Australian Regiment as Marines? It would make sense from the equipment sets that Australia is soon to field...Google searches turned up nothing so if anyone knows please send the info this way.
