Sgt Fico explains forward observation of HIRAIN during Exercise Loobye *interview*

Credit: Cpl. Sarah Taggett | Date Taken: 11/08/2021
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jonathan Fico, a fires chief with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, explains his team and his role as forward observation for a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Infiltration during Exercise Loobye at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug. 12, 2021. Fico and the rest of the forward observation team were inserted via an MV-22B Osprey in order to send confirmation of the target hit. Exercises like Loobye demonstrate MRF-D’s ability to conduct operations as a joint force with the ADF, execute expeditionary operations, like HIRAIN, and exemplify their mutual dedication to being postured and ready to respond to a crisis or contingency in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Sarah E. Taggett)