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Sinai

Australian Army’s Sergeant Matthew Blows receives his spurs after completing a US cavalry spur ride while deployed to the Multinational Force and Observers. Story by Lieutenant Sarah Lucinsky.
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Aussies earn their spurs in the Sinai

29/06/202308/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2115 Views 0 Comments MFO, Operation Mazurka, Sinai

Two ADF personnel deployed on Operation Mazurka in the Sinai, Egypt, have been inducted into the Order of the Spur.

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Australian Army Sergeant Matthew Blows in the Multinational Forces and Observers South Camp on Operation Mazurka in South Sinai, Egypt. Photo by Corporal Melina Young.
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Passing on lessons despite language differences in Sinai

12/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1321 Views 0 Comments Multinational Force and Observers, Sinai

Members of his family were in the RAAF and Navy, but Sergeant Matthew Blows wanted to be on the ground,

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Royal Australian Navy Petty Officer Mitchell Morton pushes his students during a physical training class at South Camp of the Multinational Force and Observers on Operation Mazurka in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Photo by Corporal Melina Young.
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Combat Wombat kicking ass on Mazurka

10/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1615 Views 0 Comments Multinational Force and Observers, Operation Mazurka, Sinai

They call him the ‘combat wombat’, resembling the stout, sturdy marsupial – stocky in build with the ability to travel

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A Multinational Force and Observers remembrance arch at North Camp in the Sinai. Mid Caption: Twenty-five Australian Defence Force (ADF) members working under Operation Mazurka are assisting the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai, Egypt. The MFO is a non-UN organisation established in 1981 to oversee long-standing peace agreements in the region. The MFO is maintained by 11 nations including Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Fiji and France. Australia's involvement in the MFO began in early 1982 with the formation of an Australia-New Zealand combined helicopter squadron. ADF members assist in the peace process by monitoring the border, preparing daily operational briefings and supporting the Headquarters.
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Kiwi engineers deployed to secure MFO

13/01/201713/01/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4553 Views 0 Comments MFO, Multinational Force and Observers, Sinai

Thirty-five New Zealand Defence Force engineers deployed this morning for Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula to help build a security fence around the

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