The Mount Bundey Training Area (MBTA) is a 117,300 ha. military training area in Australia, 75km south-east of

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, south of the Arnhem Highway, between the Mary River and

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. Formerly a cattle station, the property was acquired as a Defence Training Area in 1988.

Current usage

The United States and Singaporean militaries both conduct joint tank exercises with Australian forces in the MBTA. These exercises have included the use of an Urban Operations Training Facility constructed in 2005. The MBTA has been heavily used by the US

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since its first deployment in 2012. In mid-2017 the ADF held Exercise Southern Jackaroo at Mount Bundey with elements of the 1st Brigade –

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, US Marine Rotation Force – Darwin (MRF-D) and the Japanese Ground Self Defence Force (JGSDF).

References

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