Posted on 08/11/2014 2:36:59 PM PDT by naturalman1975
AUSTRALIA and the United States will sign a landmark agreement in Sydney today to allow American forces greater access to Australian bases and facilities.
The annual AUSMIN talks will include a signing ceremony for a new Force Posture Agreement that will see 2500 US Marines and dozens of US war planes and warships exercising and replenishing at Australian ranges and bases in the Northern Territory and at HMAS Stirling near Perth.
The talks will also open the way for Australia to become part of America’s global ballistic missile shield and will focus on the rising tide of Islamic militancy in Iraq and Syria, the Ukraine and Afghanistan.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com.au ...
Australia has the most Dangerous wildlife(bugs included) in the World
An we’re very proud of it :)
Good opportunity to train in desert conditions like middle east and practice with all those wild camels in Australia.
Ah, Memories of Darwin... Bugs, sand, weird noises in the night.
I spent a couple of weeks there training with my squadron back in the 90’s.
Wish I could have seen more of Australia.
Excellent news. They were banned from doing this in Vietnam, Aussies ran the best sector.
Off topic, but I just found out that there is skiing in Australia, a bit northeast of Melbourne. I guess most of us think it’s all red, flat, and hot.
Great place for desert survival school.
Graduation could be a brisk walk to Ayres Rock.
Next week I’m taking my family to Perisher which is one of Australia’s biggest snow fields. It will be the first time any of us will see snow since where we grew up (Port Macquarie) hasn’t seen snow since before the last ice age.
Enjoy, it’s nice when you can see snow only when you want. I don’t have that luxury here in New Mexico.
One has to wonder if Australia truly grasps what they’ll be getting. Women who didn’t have to meet the same physical requirements as the men. Men who prefer other men in bed. Islamists that would just as soon shoot their general than the other side’s privates.
Granted, most of our troops are very good dedicated men. It still begs the question.
Hmm...2500 Marines vs one really huge, gross, ugly, hairy spider. This one could get ugly.
I feel sorry that you only got to see Darwin when you were here as there are thousands of better places to visit in Australia and a dozen or more better places for exercises and exchanges.
Nice looking resort, funny but I live about 1000 feet higher where I am.
Have a great time.
He loved the country and the people.
The only time I’ve seen a Marine scream like a little girl was during a up close and personal encounter between a decorated combat vet Marine and a Sydney Funnel Web Spider.
Didn’t they call that WWII?
Yep, pretty good skiing as well.
Most of the country is red, flat, and hot - but most of the places people live are reasonably green and reasonably wet which is why we live there. And even our mountains aren’t all that impressive by world standards (”I’ve climbed Australia’s highest mountain. It took about two hours from the carpark.”)
I love living here - I can be in the snowfields in about two hours - and only have to put up with it if I want to. No shovelling drives, etc.
Australia pretty much defines flat. The day my wife and I “climbed” Australia’s highest mountain there were about 150 people at the summit including 3 pregnant women, 2 toddlers in prams, and about half a dozen kids under 10.
I Google-imaged now for “Giant Au” and it automatically filled in “Giant Australian Spider”. That can’t be a good sign.
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