CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Aug. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia Nearly 10,000 miles separated Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, from Mount Bundey Training Area in Australia's Northern Territory, as U.S. Marines and Sailors prepared for Rapid Deployment Exercise 2024, from July 9 to Aug. 13. REDEX is an annual exercise led by 1st MARDIV. This yea  more