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Afghanistan

Australian News Operations 

Aussies adopt radical disguises to protect ID on ops

07/01/201610/01/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5508 Views 0 Comments Accordion, Afghanistan, Highroad, Iraq, Manitou, Okra

Australians serving overseas are adopting radical but effective disguises to protect their identities while on operations, especially when bastard photographers

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Season’s Greetings from our troops overseas

26/12/201527/12/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4589 Views 0 Comments Afghanistan, Christmas, Iraq

Some 2200 Australian Defence Force personnel have celebrated Christmas away from their families and friends this year. The ADF’s ongoing operations

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Australian Feature Articles 

“We are an army at war in a nation that feels as though it is blissfully at peace”

30/09/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5215 Views 0 Comments Afghanistan, Infantry, Iraq, RAInf, RAR

In 2007, then Chief of Army Lieutenant General Peter Leahy gave a speech to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. His speech started…

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Australian News Operations Veterans 

Inquest into the deaths of three KIA concludes

22/09/201521/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6113 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

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Australian Army soldiers from Force Protection Element 4 simulate evacuating a casualty during a mission rehearsal exercise.
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Australian soldiers farewelled ahead of deployment to Afghanistan

29/06/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6571 Views 2 Comments Afghanistan, Australian Army

More than 300 Australian soldiers were formally farewelled in Brisbane today ahead of their deployment to Afghanistan. CAPTION: Australian Army soldiers

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