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Taji Military Complex

Photo by Corporal David Said.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

Kiwis end Taji mission – home to quarantine

30/03/202030/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2166 Views 0 Comments Taji Military Complex

NZDF’s contribution to train Iraqi Security Forces to combat ISIS is at an end and the first troops from the final contingent are home – in quarantine.

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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 7362 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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An Iraqi Army M1A1M Abrams tank provides cover during a Junior Leaders Course combined-arms training assessment at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Able Seaman Chris Beerens.
Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations Videos 

Iraqi Army combined-arms training demonstration

14/10/201717/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4680 Views 0 Comments Iraqi Army Junior Leaders Course, Taji Military Complex

Explosions and gunfire rang out at Taji Military Complex in Iraq in mid September as the latest students on the

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New Zealand Army soldiers line up to vote in the 2017 New Zealand general election at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Able Seaman Chris Beerens, ADF.
New Zealand News Operations Overseas 

Kiwi soldiers in Iraq cast votes

20/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3740 Views 0 Comments elections, Taji Military Complex

An office in Iraq’s sprawling Taji Military Complex north of Baghdad doubled as a polling station last Saturday for around

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