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Growing US military presence in Australia's north

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As Australia deepens its engagement in the Indo-Pacific region, strategic partners are more important than ever. Australia's longstanding military alliance with American forces is being expanded into the future. Josh van Staden takes a look inside the US Marines base near Darwin, where thousands of US Marines have recently departed as part of an annual rotational force.
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