Heh!
We carried the 11th MEU and 15th MEU on the USS PELELIU in ‘94 and ‘96.
Australia was a blast.
I never got to Australia. Tanker escort in the gulf during the 13th MEU cruise, and Somalia during the 15th MEU screwed that up for us. Both times we were supposed to hit Perth for port calls. We went to Phuket instead.