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Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer Sarah Hall at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Story and photo by Corporal Max Bree.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

Navy medic’s mission ashore in Afghanistan

20/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3555 Views 0 Comments Navy medic

The sound of an alarm at Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield is a trigger that gets Chief Petty Officer medic Sarah Hall’s

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Iraqi Army Rangers storm a building during an Australian-led training activity. Photo by Corporal Steve Duncan.
ADF Australian Middle East News Operations 

Iraq declared ‘liberated from ISIS’

10/12/201714/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2727 Views 0 Comments

Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi declared this week that all areas of Iraq have been liberated from ISIS control. The Australian

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Australian soldiers of Task Group Taji 6 on parade during transfer of authority from TG Taji 5 in Taji, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Steve Duncan.
ADF Australian Middle East News Operations 

Task Group Taji 5 complete deployment in Iraq

08/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4504 Views 2 Comments Task Group Taji, Task Group Taji 5, Task Group Taji 6

More than 300 Australian Defence Force personnel from Task Group Taji 5 are returning to Australia in time for Christmas,

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Iraqi Army Rangers disembark from an Iraqi Army MI-17 helicopter during the Rangers' certification activity at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Steve Duncan.
Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations Videos 

Iraqi Army Rangers certification exercise

06/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4071 Views 0 Comments

The Iraqi Army Qwat Khasah (special forces) Battalion conducted two company-sized air mobile operations as part of the certification exercise

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Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations 

Aussie SF medic recounts bloody mission in Mosul

05/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5065 Views 0 Comments Mosul

Another explosion rocks Mosul, this one resulting in a number of Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) soldiers being rushed to

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Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations Videos 

Task Group Taji 5 delivers sniper course in Iraq

05/12/201705/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3340 Views 0 Comments

Members of Task Group Taji 5 have delivered a sniper course to select members fo the Iraqi Army. Students were

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Airfield Engineers use elevated work platforms to insert cross bracing while constructing aircraft flightline shelters in the Middle East Region. Photo by Corporal Brenton Kwaterski.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Watch RAAF build an aircraft shelter in 1 minute

05/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3965 Views 0 Comments

Airfield engineers deployed to the Middle East Region (MER) construct temporary shelters on the flightline at Australia’s main air operating

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ADF Australian Middle East News Operations 

Afghan Army Academy milestone graduation

29/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3428 Views 0 Comments Afghan National Army Officer Academy

The Afghan National Army Officer Academy completed an historic graduation on 23 November, graduating its 100th female cadet. CAPTION: Afghan National

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Afghan Officer Cadets on their final field assessment before graduation. ADF photo.
Australian Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

350 Afghan Officer Cadets graduate latest training course

24/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3277 Views 0 Comments Afghan National Army Officer Academy, Afghan officer cadets

About 350 Afghan Officer Cadets graduated this week from an Australian/New Zealand training program. CAPTION: Afghan Officer Cadets on their final

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Minister of Defence Ron Mark and Chief of Army Major General Peter Kelly welcome New Zealand troops home from their deployment to Iraq. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

NZ Taji rotation welcomed home

23/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3307 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji 5

About 100 New Zealand Defence Force soldiers returned home this evening from a six-month training mission in Iraq. CAPTION: Minister of

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Australian Army soldier Lance Corporal Victor Terron provides marksmanship tips to Iraqi Army Rangers during the .50-cal machine gun live fire at the Besmayah Range, Iraq. Photo by Able Seaman Chris Beerens.
Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations Videos 

Heavy weapons course at Taji Military Complex

22/11/201723/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7184 Views 0 Comments Taji Military Complex, Task Group Taji 5

Tracer fire and explosions ripped across the Iraqi Desert at the Besmaya Range Complex east of Baghdad as Task Group

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RAAF technicians conduct an inspection on a KC-30A drogue. Photo by Corporal Brenton Kwaterski.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Hose and drogue inspection in Middle East

19/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3458 Views 0 Comments E-7A Wedgetail, F/A-18F Super Hornet, KC-30A MRTT, Operation Okra

Defence released video of Royal Australian Air Force technicians conducting an inspection on the KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport hose-and-drogue

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Australian Army officer Captain Nicholas Waugh confirms range and target coordinates with an Iraqi Army officer during a Forward Air Controller course live-fire component at Besmayah Range, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Chris Beerens.
ADF Australian Middle East New Zealand News Operations Videos 

Latest Iraqi Forward Air Controllers graduate

17/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5182 Views 0 Comments Forward Air Controllers

The latest group of Iraqi Forward Air Controllers has graduated from training under Australian and New Zealand tutelage following a 10-week

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Australian soldier Private Anthony Brown conducts a range shoot with the EF-88 Austeyr rifle at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Able Seaman Chris Beerens.
Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations Science & Technology 

EF-88 completes first operational deployment

07/11/201707/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6697 Views 0 Comments EF-88

The ADF’s new service rifle – EF88 (enhanced F88) – has just completed its first full operational deployment, in the Middle

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The Battle of Beersheba and Sinai-Palestine Campaign Centenary Service held at the Beersheba War Cemetery in Israel. Photo by Corporal Nunu Campos.
Australian Australian Army Middle East New Zealand News Overseas Veterans Videos 

Beersheba War Cemetery commemorative service

02/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3591 Views 0 Comments Battle of Beersheba, Beersheba War Cemetery

On Tuesday 31 October 2017, the Australian Defence Force participated in the Battle of Beersheba and Sinai-Palestine Campaign Centenary Service

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Australian Australian Army Middle East New Zealand News Overseas Veterans Videos 

Beersheba 100th Anniversary Commemoration Service

01/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4011 Views 0 Comments Battle of Beersheba

On Tuesday 31 October 2017, the Australian Defence Force participated in a a joint Australian/New Zealand commemorative service at the

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New Zealand Defence Force officers commemorate the the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba.
Middle East New Zealand News Overseas 

Kiwis commemorate Battle of Beersheba

31/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3250 Views 0 Comments Battle of Beersheba

A New Zealand Defence Force contingent will mark the centenary of the Battle of Beersheba (Be’er Sheva) with Australian counterparts

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Members of the Australian Light Horse Association participate in a re-enactment ride to commemorate the Battle of Beersheba in Israel. Photo by Corporal Nunu Campos.
Australian Australian Army Middle East News Overseas Veterans 

New Beersheba doco to focus on Indigenous cavalrymen

30/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3812 Views 0 Comments Battle of Beersheba, Indigenous soldiers, Light Horse Brigade, NITV

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Dan Tehan has announced that the government will honour the memory of Indigenous diggers at the

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RAAF personnel from the Air Task Group Task Element 630.1.2, Rotation 11, stand before an E-7A Wedgetail – the aircraft most heavily responsible for delivering Australia's contribution to the fight against ISIS in Syria. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.
ADF Australian Middle East News Operations 

Raqqah is liberated

21/10/201721/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3842 Views 0 Comments Raqqah

Syrian Democratic Forces have officially liberated the Syrian city of Raqqah – the nominal capital of Daesh’s self-proclaimed ‘caliphate’. CAPTION: RAAF personnel from

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ScanEagle is launched from the flight deck of HMAS Newcastle, on patrol in the Middle East. Photo by Able Seaman Nicolas Gonzalez.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

Newcastle flies helo and UAV together

16/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4846 Views 0 Comments HMAS Newcastle, ScanEagle

HMAS Newcastle has conducted the RAN’s first simultaneous operations of manned and unmanned aircraft during its current deployment to the

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