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Australian Army Guardian Angels provide security for British mentors at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy during a night-ambush training activity. Photo by Warrant Officer Class 2 Neil Ruskin.
ADF Australian Middle East News Operations Videos 

Aussie Guardian Angels still alert in Kabul

12/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6086 Views 0 Comments Afghanistan, Guardian Angels, Operation Highroad

As a long cold winter rolls into spring, Australian Guardian Angels on Operation Highroad in Kabul, Afghanistan, are looking forward

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Australian Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

Anzacs deliver advanced marksmanship course for Iraqi SF

31/03/201831/03/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3473 Views 0 Comments

Under the instruction of Australian and New Zealand military trainers, selected members of Iraq’s 1st Qwat Khasa Battalion completed an

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Members of the New Zealand Defence Force maritime surveillance mission in the Middle East. Credit: Australian Defence Force
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

NZ MINDEF commends Middle East Orion mission

28/03/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3148 Views 0 Comments CMF, Combined Maritime Forces, New Zealand Defence Force, P-3K2 Orion, Royal New Zealand Air Force

New Zealand Defence Minister Ron Mark has commended the work of New Zealand Defence Force personnel in the Middle East

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Australian Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Jason Medley prepares to install a Slivershield electronic force protection system, designed for the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces to counter radio-controlled improvised explosive devices. Photo by Sergeant Max Bree.
Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations Science & Technology 

Silvershield to protect Afghans against IEDs

21/03/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3945 Views 0 Comments Redwing, Silvershield

A new state-of-the-art force protection capability designed to protect against the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is now being

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A sailor from Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Warramunga prepares to remove packages of heroin from a dhow during a boarding operation. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos 

HMAS Warramunga makes tenth drug bust

10/03/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4327 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

HMAS Warramunga’s crew has seized record amounts of narcotics on Operation Manitou following their latest interdiction. CAPTION: A sailor from Royal

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HMAS Warramunga boarding team member Able Seaman Aaron Richardson climbs onto a vessel of interest. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Warramunga strikes again – 8 tonnes of hashish

06/03/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3338 Views 0 Comments hashish, HMAS Warramunga

The crew of Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga has intercepted two vessels and seized approximately eight tonnes of hashish

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Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove speaks with soldiers from Task Group Taji rotation 6 during a visit to Iraq. Photo by Corporal Anita Gill.
ADF Australian Middle East News Operations 

Governor General visits Aussie troops in Iraq

25/02/201825/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4111 Views 0 Comments General Sir Peter Cosgrove, Governor-General

Governor General of Australia General Sir Peter Cosgrove visited Australian Defence Force personnel and Defence civilians in Iraq yesterday. CAPTION: Governor-General

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A RAAF Officer practices alternate firing positions with a pistol as part of the ISET-Tactical training aimed at improving his individual combat skills. Photos by Sergeant Amanda Campbell.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Air Force 

Op Highroad staff get advanced training before deployment

24/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7007 Views 0 Comments Operation Highroad

Royal Australian Air Force personnel deploying on Operation Highroad as part of the Train Advise Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air)

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ADF personnel on parade during a change-of-command ceremony of Joint Task Force 633 in the Middle East from Major General John Frewen to Rear Admiral Jaimie Hatcher, on 20 January 2018. Photo by WO2 Neil Ruskin.
ADF Australian Middle East News Operations 

Deploying troops farewelled in Townsville

22/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5185 Views 0 Comments Operation Accordion

Troops deploying to the Middle East on Operation Accordion have taken part in a farewell parade held at the Australian

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New Zealand Defence Force personnel prepare to load 12 tonnes of aid supplies for cyclone-hit Tonga. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Operations Overseas Pacific 

NZDF delivers aid to Tonga after cyclone

13/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3084 Views 0 Comments cyclone, Tonga

The New Zealand Defence Force has taken 12 tonnes of aid supplies and a 10-member team to Tonga to assess

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Australian Army officer Lieutenant Patrick Ingram supervises his civilian employer, Anita Gordon, as she prepares to fire an M4 carbine during Exercise Boss Lift in Malaysia. Photo by Sergeant Janine Fabre.
Asia Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos 

Exercise Boss Lift hits Malaysia

06/02/201807/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5353 Views 0 Comments Exercise Boss Lift

A group of 18 employers from South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria have returned from Malaysia after experiencing life as a

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Royal Australian Navy sailors Leading Seaman Adam Cook, Able Seaman Dylan Canderle and Able Seaman Lydia Ratu Kavoa label and bag parcels of seized narcotics on a vessel in the Middle East. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos 

HMAS Warramunga cracks $billion$ drug-bust milestone

03/02/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4684 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga’s crew has seized another 414kg of heroin valued in excess of $124 million during an operation in the Western Indian Ocean.

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Australian Army Corporal Josh Bowman from Task Group Taji rotation six instructs Commando Company soldiers of the Iraqi Army's 61st Brigade at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Steve Duncan.
Australian Australian Army New Zealand News Operations 

Kiwis/Aussies reach new training milestone in Iraq

01/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4485 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji, Task Group Taji 6

Australian and New Zealand military personnel from Task Group Taji have now trained more than 30,000 Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)

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Able Seaman Combat Specialist Daniel Peihopa, RNZN drives one of HMAS Warramunga’s sea boats with Leading Seaman Combat Specialist Te Orangapumau Elia, RNZN (right) and Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Bridget Hopkins (left) during Warramunga's deployment to Operation Manitou. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

Two Kiwis helped HMAS Warramunga land record drug haul

27/01/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7142 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

Two Royal New Zealand Navy sailors form part of a team that carried out one of the biggest ever drug

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Seized parcels of heroin lay on the flight deck of HMAS Warramunga during an operation in the Western Indian Ocean. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East New Zealand News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos 

HMAS Warramunga does it again – with new record drug bust

26/01/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4881 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga, P-3K2 Orion, Royal New Zealand Air Force

HMAS Warramunga’s crew has conducted one of the largest drug seizures in Operation Manitou’s history as part of the Australian-led

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Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Air Task Group welcomed home

24/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3881 Views 0 Comments Air Task Group

The final contingent of Royal Australian Air Force strike aircraft that were deployed to the Middle East as the Air

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Forces Entertainment Tour members Victoria Darke and Brad Bergen belt out a tune with the Australian Army band at the main air operating base in Australia's Middle East. ADF photo.
Australian Middle East News Operations Videos 

Forces Entertainment Tour 2017/18

23/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3298 Views 0 Comments Forces Entertainment Tour

A Forces Entertainment Tour – FET – performed for deployed troops across the Middle East Region during December 2017 and

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A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet flies over Mosul, Iraq, during an Operation Okra mission. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Trent, 12 July 2017.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Air Force 

Super Hornets fly last mission in Iraq

16/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4624 Views 0 Comments Air Task Group, Operation Okra

Two Royal Australian Air Force Super Hornets flew the Australian Air Task Group’s final strike mission over Iraq on Sunday.

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Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations Science & Technology Videos 

Hawkei delivered for testing on ops

13/01/201815/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7396 Views 0 Comments Hawkei

The Hawkei Protected Mobility Vehicle – Light, in two- and four-door variants were photographed recently at the Taji Military Complex,

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Able Seaman Stephanie Pannell passes a bag a seized narcotics to Leading Seaman James Walker during an illicit cargo seizure by HMAS Warramunga in the Middle East. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

Drug-bust trifecta for Warramunga

10/01/201811/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4260 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga, Operation Manitou

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga seized 111 kilograms of heroin valued at $33 million during operations in the Arabian

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