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Warrant Officer Class 2 Daymon Wickens (fifth from left) with personnel from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Peacekeeping School. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations Overseas Pacific 

Fiji military training with NZDF for Golan Heights mission

01/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3549 Views 0 Comments Golan Heights, New Zealand Defence Force, Republic of Fiji Military Forces, United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

The New Zealand Defence Force is mentoring Fiji Peacekeeping School personnel, who are training about 150 troops due to be

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Captain Demi Exley and and un-named Afghan mentee at Camp Qargha, Afghanistan. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

Afghan military adopts NZ mentoring philosophy

31/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2760 Views 0 Comments Afghanistan National Army Officer Academy

A female New Zealand Defence Force officer serving in Afghanistan has blazed a trail for mentoring male Afghan Army instructors

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Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations Videos 

TG Taji facilitates US weapons transfer to Iraq

20/07/201820/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3238 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji 7

Task Group Taji-7 has helped facilitate the transfer of a heavy weapons and ammunition consignment from the United States to

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An Afghan Air Force member inspects a UH-60 Black Hawk at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, as air crews prepare for their first Afghan-led operational mission on this aircraft type. US Air Force photo by 1st Lieutenant Erin Recanzone.
Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations 

Australia to train Afghan airforce on Black Hawk

12/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4556 Views 0 Comments Afghanistan, UH-60 Black Hawk

Australia will assist the Afghan National Air Force to establish its UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter capability. CAPTION: An Afghan Air Force member inspects

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An Iraqi Army soldier disarms an enemy role player during a rehearsal of the Officer and Junior Leaders Course culminating activity at Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal David Said.
Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations Videos 

Task Group Taji-7 completes Iraqi junior leaders’ course

11/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2743 Views 0 Comments Baghdad Fighting School, Task Group Taji 7

Task Group Taji-7 has completed training 129 Iraqi Army personnel on the Officer and Junior Leaders Course at Taji Military

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HMAS Warramunga in the Middle East Region. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

Heading home after Warramungously successful mission

18/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3552 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

HMAS Warramunga is returning to Australia after a highly successful deployment to the Middle East Region. FILE PHOTO: HMAS Warramunga in

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Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne id formally welcomed in Jakarta by Commander Indonesian Armed Forces Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and a Panglima TNI honour guard.
Australian Middle East News Operations 

MINDEF on world tour

09/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3147 Views 0 Comments NATO

Minister for Defence Marise Payne attended NATO Defence Ministers’ meetings and a series of bilateral engagements in Brussels on 8

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HMAS Warramunga boarding party members Able Seaman Corey Bartlett and Able Seaman Jacob Dun relocate parcels of seized narcotics. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

Warramunga scores amazing new hat trick – tops $2billion!

06/06/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4142 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

HMAS Warramunga, currently deployed to the Middle East under Operation Manitou, has seized three separate cargos of illicit narcotics over three

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Australian and New Zealand personnel at a transfer of authority ceremony from Task Group Taji 6 to the seventh rotation at Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal David Said.
Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations Videos 

TG Taji 6 hands over to 7th rotation

04/06/201807/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3300 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji 7

Task Group Taji 6 has completed a six-month deployment to the Taji Military Complex near Baghdad, Iraq, training more than

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Leading Seaman James Walker (right) passes a parcel of seized narcotics to Able Seaman Stephanie Pannell during a drug-seizure operation in the Middle East. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

Two more drug busts by Warramunga

25/05/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2918 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

HMAS Warramunga has seized two more hauls of illicit narcotics valued at approximately AUD$315.4 million* following boarding operations in international

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Sixth rotation of New Zealand Defence Force personnel return from Iraq on a Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A. 


Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

Kiwi contingent home from Middle East

17/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2807 Views 0 Comments

About 110 New Zealand Defence Force personnel returned home this evening from a six-month deployment to the Middle East, where

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Private Ince and Private Kucharski in Afghanistan reflect on their training after saving the life of a combat casualty.
Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations 

Aussie Quick Reaction Force responds after base attack

17/05/201817/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 12303 Views 0 Comments Guardian Angles

Australian Guardian Angels in Afghanistan were activated in a Quick Reaction Force capacity recently when Camp Qargha, where Australian and New

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Royal New Zealand Air Force loadmaster Sergeant Dave Wood observes start-up procedures on an RNZAF C-130 in the Middle East.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

Kiwi air team on the job in Middle East

12/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2682 Views 0 Comments Royal New Zealand Air Force

New Zealand Defence Force’s air transport mission in the Middle East got off to a flying start this week, with

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HMAS Warramunga crewmembers prepare to board a vessel suspected of carrying drugs. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

Warramunga stops another major drug shipment

12/05/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3117 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga, Operation Manitou

Building on its already successful Operation Manitou deployment, the crew of HMAS Warramunga has seized and disposed of 295kg of

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A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H(NZ) Hercules ready for departure to the Middle East on an eight-month mission. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

Another Kiwi air-movements team flies to Middle East

02/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2339 Views 0 Comments air transport team, Royal New Zealand Air Force

A New Zealand Defence Force air transport team is heading to the Middle East this week to support coalition operations

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Australian and New Zealand members of Task Group Taji-6 compete in a game of modified rugby league to help raise money for charity on Anzac Day in Iraq.
ADF Australian Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

ANZACs battle each other for charity in Iraq

01/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2831 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day

The ANZAC bonds between New Zealand and Australian soldiers based at Iraq’s Camp Taji remain as strong as ever –

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A RAAF No 11 Squadron P-8A Poseidon armed with Harpoon missile on a training sortie. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.
Asia Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force 

Australia deploys P-8A Poseidon to police Korean sanctions

28/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4395 Views 0 Comments Korea, P-8A Poseidon

Australia will deploy a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Japan to contribute to the enforcement of United Nations Security

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Major General Tim Gall, Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, and Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector Peeni Henare farewell the seventh rotation of New Zealand troops heading to Task Group Taji in Iraq.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

Kiwi troops leave for Iraq and TG Taji 7

19/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3186 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji 7

The seventh rotation of about 100 New Zealand Defence Force troops left for Iraq this afternoon to support the continuing

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An Australian Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter returns to Mount Hagen Airport during Operation PNG Assist 2018. Photo by Corporal Oliver Carter.
ADF Australian News Operations Pacific 

ADF earthquake mission in PNG complete

18/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2753 Views 0 Comments Operation PNG Assist 18

Australian Defence Force aircraft and personnel have completed their humanitarian assistance mission in Papua New Guinea following the 7.5 magnitude

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A Royal Air Force Tornado takes off from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, to conduct strikes on Syria. Photo by Corporal L Matthews, Royal Air Force.
Middle East News Operations 

Syria attacked by US, Britain and France

14/04/201815/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3181 Views 0 Comments Syria

US, British and French air and naval forces have launched attacks against the Syrian government’s chemical weapon arsenal in retaliation

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