Rule change forces NZDF tender for range clearances in Afghanistan
NZDF has been forced by rule changes to carry out new clearances of firing ranges used by its PRT in the Bamyan province Afghanistan earlier this century.
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Middle East
HMAS Toowoomba begins operations in Middle East
HMAS Toowoomba and her ship’s company of around 190 personnel arrived in Bahrain to commence operations in the Middle East
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Farewell parade for deploying troops
Friends and family of more than 200 ADF personnel about to deploy to the Middle East said their goodbyes today during a parade at Robertson Barracks.
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Bookworm keeps lines of communication open
Self-proclaimed bookworm Sig Jacob Gatehouse has gone from reading military history to creating a chapter of his own while deployed to Iraq.
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Artist sees through Iraq deployment
Imagery is so much part of one officer’s life that when the X-rays of his ‘day job’ get put to bed, the brush and paints of his passion come out to play.
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Aussie commitment in Afghanistan cut
Around 100 of the current 300 Australian Defence Force troops deployed on a training mission in Afghanistan are about to be brought home.
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Pilot honoured two years after Hercules near disaster
The safe resolution of an in-flight emergency over Iraq has led Flight Lieutenant Brendon Carraro to be recognised in the 2020 Australia Day Honours list.
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Old warrior holds court in a biblical land
On New Year’s Eve, smoke wafted from a pipe at the Taji Military Complex north of Baghdad to mark another year gone and a new one’s beginning.
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Change of command in the Middle East
Major General Susan Coyle has assumed command of Joint Task Force 633 in the Middle East, taking over from Rear
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Toowoomba heads for Middle East patrols
Anzac-class frigate HMAS Toowoomba today departed her homeport of Fleet Base West for a six-month deployment to the Middle East.
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Iran fires ‘more than a dozen missiles’ at coalition forces in Iraq
The Pentagonsays that at 1.30am local on 7 January, Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against US military and coalition forces in Iraq.
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Task Group Taji 9 home in time for Christmas
Around 250 Australian Defence Force members from Task Group Taji Rotation 9 have returned home in time for Christmas following
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Aussie hands command to Kiwi in Sinai
Australian Major General Simon Stuart has completed two and a half years as Force Commander of the Multinational Force and
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Civilian wounded in Afghanistan tells ABC the ADF blamed him in ‘coverup’
Tonight at 7.30 on the ABC, reporter Dylan Welch will present a story in which he claims that an ADF
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NZDF’s second-last Taji rotation welcomed home
The New Zealand Defence Force last night welcomed home the second-last contingent of personnel who have been serving as part of
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Conan gets ‘medal’ at The White House
Conan, the military working dog wounded in a US special forces raid in which ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was
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Poseidon completes first and final mission in Middle East
A Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft has returned home to Australia after completing its final Middle East mission
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Australia cuts Task Group Taji numbers
More than 100 Australian Defence Force personnel deploying to Iraq were officially farewelled yesterday by family and friends at Robertson Barracks.
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P-8A Poseidon deployed to Middle for a whole month
A Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft has arrived in the Middle East in support of the International Maritime Security
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Wedgetail back in the Middle East
As part of Australia’s contribution to the US-led Global Coalition against Daesh, a Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early
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