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Iraq

News Operations 

Second New Zealand Iraq rotation leave home

17/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5325 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 5008 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 5559 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 6837 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 4876 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 4505 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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