Staff Sergeant Bradley Havenar, platoon sergeant, Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, handles a snake as Staff Sgt. Alfonso Gonzalez, a career planner with the battalion, watches while attending Reception, Staging, Onward - Movement &amp; Integration Apirl 17 at Robertson Barracks, Palmerston, Australia, to ensure they were prepared to begin MRF-D 2015. During the RSO&amp;I, the Marines are familiarized with the local environment, local customs and courtesies, and dangerous wildlife in the area to include snakes and crocodiles. Marines will conduct training at existing Australian Defence Force facilities in the Northern Territory and throughout the region. MRF-D is the deployment of U.S. Marines to Darwin and the Northern Territory, for approximately six months at a time, where they will conduct exercises and training on a rotational basis with the ADF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reba James/Released)
<dl><dd>Unit: Marine Rotational Force Darwin</dd>
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Cpl. Reba James
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