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US Defense official Dr Mara Karlin has finished up a tour of defence sites across Australia at the start of this month.
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The US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities held a six-day visit touring Canberra, submarine facilities, the Marine Rotational Force in Darwin, and HMAS Stirling naval base in Perth.
Dr Karlin advises the US Secretary of Defense and senior defence leaders on national security and defence strategy as well as on contingency plans, forces, and associated posture necessary to implement defence strategy. She also ensures the US Department of Defense’s program and budget decisions support and advance strategic direction in line with defence planning guidance.
During the visit, the US adviser toured Marine Rotational Force-Darwin, HMAS Coonawarra, Defence Establishment Berrimah, and Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin for operational updates and force posture briefings.
She also visited HMAS Stirling naval base in Perth and the submarine training facility, which recently hosted the USS Asheville Los-Angeles Class fast attack submarine for a combined exercise.
The US adviser participated in discussions centred around Australia’s Defence Strategic Review (DSR) and the US National Defense Strategy and met with federal government senior leadership and US and Australian defence personnel, according to a statement from the US Department of Defense.
Dr Karlin also met with Australian Secretary of Defence Greg Moriarty; Deputy Secretary of Defence for Strategy, Policy, and Industry Hugh Jeffrey; Deputy Secretary of Defence for International and Security Scott Dewar; and Chief of Nuclear Powered Submarine Task Force Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead.
She attended an inter-agency roundtable convened by the Department of the Prime Minister and cabinet discussing collaboration between the two countries to promote security and stability in the Indo-Pacific.
Other discussions reportedly included the development of the regional security environment, implementation of Australia’s DSR, force posture, and future trajectory of the AUKUS trilateral security pact.
