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Iraq

Australian Army surgeon Major Daniel Chan is part of the Australian Surgical Team deployed to the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre in Iraq. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing 

Sharing is the currency of deployment

05/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 749 Views 0 Comments Iraq, Operation Okra

An Australian Army general surgeon has swapped more than knowledge and experiences with his foreign counterparts during a deployment to

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Air Force perioperative nurse Flying Officer Cheryl Brophy is deployed to Iraq and is working at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing 

COVID support part of deployment

02/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 885 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Iraq, Operation Okra

As part of her deployment to Iraq, RAAF nursing officer Flying Officer Cheryl Brophy is providing COVID-19 support to contractors

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Navy neurosurgeon Lieutenant Commander Andrew Davidson is deployed to Iraq at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing 

Navy surgeon enjoying time in the sand

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1087 Views 0 Comments Iraq, Operation Okra

A deployment to Iraq is providing Navy neurosurgeon Lieutenant Commander Andrew Davidson with some unique challenges. CAPTION: Navy neurosurgeon Lieutenant

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Navy medical officer Lieutenant Commander Lin Hu is an anaesthetist with the Australian Surgical Team at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre in Iraq. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing 

Team an anaesthesia to challenges

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 757 Views 0 Comments Iraq

Navy medical officer Lieutenant Commander Lin Hu is currently deployed with his triservice colleagues to the only role 3 hospital

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Iraqi Army Rangers practice firing at extended ranges with a Dragunov sniper rifle under the guidance of Australian and New Zealand Defence Force trainers from Task Group Taji 4 at Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Kyle Genner.
Australian Australian Army New Zealand News Operations 

ANZACs train Iraq Special Forces trainers

05/06/201705/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3936 Views 0 Comments Iraq, Special Forces’ Rangers, Task Group Taji

Task Group Taji 4 is helping the Iraqi Army to build its Special Forces’ Rangers capability by offering bespoke ‘train-the-trainer’

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Australian Army soldier Corporal Levi Stripp is serving with Task Group Taji 4 at Taji Military Complex, Iraq, seen here with a Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle - Ambulance. Photo by Corporal Kyle Jenner.
Australian Australian Army News Videos 

Army Medic on deployment on World Health Day

15/04/201720/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7298 Views 0 Comments Iraq, Task Group Taji

Australian Army medic Levi Stripp is deployed on Operation Okra in Iraq to deliver life-saving medical training to Iraqi Security

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Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

RAAF bomb-drop footage from Mosul

30/03/201730/03/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5254 Views 0 Comments Air Task Group, Iraq, Mosul

Defence has released footage of RAAF F/A-18A bomb strikes in Mosul, accompanied by detailed and careful legal explanations/justifications. This video

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Personnel from the building partner capacity mission in Iraq return to Ohakea Air Force Base.
New Zealand News Operations Overseas 

Second Kiwi Iraq rotation welcomed home

26/05/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2775 Views 0 Comments Iraq

About 70 New Zealand Defence Force soldiers deployed to help train Iraqi Security Forces returned home just a few hours

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ADF Australian News Operations 

PM and CDF visit Australian troops in Iraq

17/01/201620/01/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4888 Views 1 Comment Iraq, Okra, Turnbull

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Chief of Defence Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin visited Australian troops in Iraq on 16

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Australian News Operations 

Aussies adopt radical disguises to protect ID on ops

07/01/201610/01/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3621 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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Under direction from a RAAF Loadmaster, American and Australian load team members load military equipment onto a RAAF C-17A Globemaster aircraft in the Middle East Region. Photo by Corporal Ben Dempster
Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force 

Okra bombs up for increase in operational tempo

06/01/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4742 Views 0 Comments Iraq, Okra

Under direction from a RAAF loadmaster, American and Australian load team members load a shipment of guided bombs onto a RAAF

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Australian Army trainers observe Iraqi Army soldiers conduct a room clearance drills at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Matthew Bickerton
Australian News Operations 

Direct Aussie support in taking of Ramadi

31/12/201508/01/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4169 Views 0 Comments Iraq, Ramadi

Australia’s Special Operations Task Group and the RAAF were directly involved in assisting Iraqi forces retake Ramadi through December. Australia’s

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Videos 

Season’s Greetings from our troops overseas

26/12/201527/12/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2887 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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ANZAC sporting spirit
Australian News Operations Overseas 

ALL-OUT WAR avoided in Iraq

29/10/201501/11/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4341 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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News Operations 

Second New Zealand Iraq rotation leave home

17/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3874 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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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 3649 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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An Australian F/A-18A Hornet relelases a flare at sunset in the skies over Iraq. RAAF photo.
Australian News Operations 

Australia set to bomb Syrian targets

09/09/201513/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4056 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

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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 5299 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

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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
Operations 

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

06/07/201512/10/2015 Editorial 3471 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

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A new batch of Iraqi soldiers graduates.
News Operations 

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

30/06/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3560 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

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