This crazy image, showing one of two Super Stallions being unloaded from the cavernous cargo hold of a USAF C-5 Galaxy gives you an idea of the huge proportions of both of the aircraft involved. Taken at RAAF Darwin, the C-5's arrival marks the first part of a new USMC rotational deployment to Darwin, Australia.

, each lasting six months, are part of America's slow pivot towards the Pacific, and is a sign of . During the Marines rotation to northern Australia they will take part in large exercises, such as and . Beyond having an increased presence in the Pacific Theater, the Marines stationed in Darwin also allows for long-term cooperative training with Australian forces, which are often part of allied missions in crisis zones around the US, including the Middle East.

Marine all-weather fighter attack squadron VMFA(AW)-242 "Bats" took their missionized F/A-18Ds…