Contingent of US Marines arrives in Darwin

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 2018 arrive at the Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, April 12, 2018. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mason Roy

The first group of United States Marines has arrived in Darwin as part of a rotational force deployment initially delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australian Defence Force members will enforce quarantine restrictions on about 200 U.S. Marines who have landed in Darwin in an influx of foreigners that has become rare since the coronavirus outbreak.