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300 farewelled in Brisbane

31/10/201524/11/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6003 Views 1 Comment Okra, Taji

Some 300 Australian Defence Force members were formally farewelled in Brisbane today ahead of their departure for Iraq under Operation

Australian News Operations Overseas

ALL-OUT WAR avoided in Iraq

29/10/201501/11/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5072 Views 0 Comments ANZACs, Iraq, Taji

Defence officials hoped that all-out war could be avoided in Iraq on Halloween as ANZAC rugby fans faced off. Australian and New

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Second New Zealand Iraq rotation leave home

17/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4705 Views 0 Comments Iraq, NZDF, Taji

New Zealand’s second rotation of Defence personnel bound for Iraq left home today to participate in a Mission Readiness Exercise in Australia.

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HMAS Melbourne sniffed out more drugs

07/10/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4119 Views 0 Comments drugs, heroin, HMAS Melbourne

HMAS Melbourne’s crew sniffed out more drugs in the Middle East, this time landing 427kg of heroin hidden in a fishing

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Training mission in Kandahar ends

02/10/201517/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4199 Views 0 Comments 205th Corps, Kandahar

Australia’s training mission in Kandahar formally came to an end at a parade in the city yesterday. Minister for Defence

Leading Seaman Aviation Technician Avionics Warwick Douglas, surrounded by his ship mates, displays a banner proposing to his partner who is waiting on the wharf as HMAS Newcastle returns home from a successful rotation in the Middle East. SHE SAID YES! Photo by Able Seaman Tom Gibson

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SHE SAID YES!

27/09/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4618 Views 0 Comments HMAS Newcastle, Manitou

It was a personal, emotional and human story today as HMAS Newcastle returned triumphantly to Garden Island, Sydney, after a six-month Operation

Australian News Operations Veterans

Inquest into the deaths of three KIA concludes

22/09/201521/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5381 Views 0 Comments Afghanistan, Hekmatullah, Inquest, Insider attack, KIA, Martin, Milosevic, Poate, Wahab

Defence today acknowledged the findings from the Queensland Deputy State Coroner’s Inquest into the combat deaths of Lance Corporal Stjepan

Appearing tiny against the backdrop of a freighter, crew members including the Medical Officer from HMAS Melbourne draw alongside the merchant vessel City of Beijing in Melbourne's sea boat.

Australian News Operations

Melbourne aids ill seaman

21/09/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4348 Views 0 Comments HMAS Melbourne, Manitou

HMAS Melbourne aided a critically-ill merchant seaman in the southern Arabian Sea on Sunday. Melbourne, deployed on Operation Manitou in the Middle East, responded

Australian News Operations

RAAF completes first mission in Syria

13/09/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3144 Views 0 Comments ATG, RAAF, Syria

The Australian Air Task Group (ATG) completed its first operational mission in Syria on Friday, retuning to base in the

An Australian F/A-18A Hornet relelases a flare at sunset in the skies over Iraq. RAAF photo.

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Australia set to bomb Syrian targets

09/09/201513/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4887 Views 0 Comments ADF, Iraq, Operation Okra, RAAF, Syria

The Australian government today announced that it had decided to extend Australia’s air strikes against Daesh allowing the RAAF to bomb Syrian

Australian Army trainer Corporal Benjamin Wallis demonstrates how to carry an injured soldier correctly on battlefield during a first aid lesson at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Oliver Carter.

Australian News Operations

ANZAC trainers still doing it in Iraq

09/09/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6255 Views 0 Comments ADF, Daesh, Iraq, Training

Australian and New Zealand trainers continue to provide instructional support to an Iraqi Army NCO Academy designed to enhance the skills

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy

Drug-haul frigate coming home after Middle East mission

09/09/201512/10/2015 Editorial 3384 Views 0 Comments ADF, Australian, Royal Australian Navy

Guided Missile Frigate returns after a highly successful deployment to the Middle East, where she seized a massive illegal drug

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ADF delivered humanitarian aid to flood-stricken Burma

12/08/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4981 Views 0 Comments ADF, Myanmar, Myanmar floods, RAAF

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFaT) delivered crucial humanitarian aid to flood-stricken Burma on

Governor-General of Australia, General Sir Peter Cosgrove (second from left), Commander Joint Task Force 633 Rear Admiral Trevor Jones (sixth from left), Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith VC (fifth from left), Corporal Daniel Keighran VC (seventh from right, rear without hat) and Corporal Mark Donaldson VC (far right), during their visit to the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Matthew Bickerton

Australian News Operations Veterans

Governor-General and VC recipients visit troops in Iraq

10/08/201521/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4733 Views 0 Comments Governor-General, VC, Victoria Cross

Australia’s Governor-General and all Australia’s living VC recipients visited our troops in Iraq yesterday. His Excellency General the Honourable Sir

Crew members of HMAS Melbourne stand at attention on the flight deck as they depart Fleet Base East, Sydney - and, inset, Seaman Makinlee Clarke farewells her family. Photos by Able Seaman Kayla Hayes

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Melbourne farewelled for the Middle East – for eight time

09/08/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3480 Views 0 Comments HMAS Melbourne, Op Manitou

HMAS Melbourne and her 230 officers and sailors were farewelled from Sydney today as the ship departed for the Middle East region – for the

Members of HMAS Newcastle's boarding party prepare to board a dhow.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Newcastle seized 139kg of heroin

08/07/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5279 Views 0 Comments drugs, HMAS Newcastle, RAN

In its sixth successful haul in eight weeks, Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Newcastle seized 139kg of heroin, with an estimated street

Australian Army trainer observes an Iraqi soldier dismount from their “Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP)” vehicle during a training exercise at the Taji Military Complex northwest of Baghdad: http://images.defence.gov.au/20150616adf8487947_032.jpg

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100 Years In The Desert – Anzacs, ISIS and the Middle East

06/07/201512/10/2015 Editorial 4352 Views 0 Comments Australia, Australian Army, Iraq, New Zealand, NZDF

For a century the armies of Australia and New Zealand have fought to maintain order in the Middle East. The

A new batch of Iraqi soldiers graduates.

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First NZ/Aus-trained Iraqi soldiers ready to fight Daesh

30/06/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4265 Views 0 Comments Australia, Iraq, New Zealand

The first batch of NZ/Aus-trained Iraqi soldiers is ready to fight Daesh after graduating on Sunday. Soldiers of the Iraqi 76th Brigade