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Task Group Taji 5

Australian soldiers of Task Group Taji 6 on parade during transfer of authority from TG Taji 5 in Taji, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Steve Duncan.
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Task Group Taji 5 complete deployment in Iraq

08/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4764 Views 2 Comments Task Group Taji, Task Group Taji 5, Task Group Taji 6

More than 300 Australian Defence Force personnel from Task Group Taji 5 are returning to Australia in time for Christmas,

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Minister of Defence Ron Mark and Chief of Army Major General Peter Kelly welcome New Zealand troops home from their deployment to Iraq. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

NZ Taji rotation welcomed home

23/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3473 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji 5

About 100 New Zealand Defence Force soldiers returned home this evening from a six-month training mission in Iraq. CAPTION: Minister of

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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.
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Heavy weapons course at Taji Military Complex

22/11/201723/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7361 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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TG Taji pump out 1200 more Iraqi soldiers

02/09/201705/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3500 Views 0 Comments Operation Okra, Task Group Taji 5

Townsville-based soldiers have finished training a further 1200 Iraqi Army soldiers, a milestone marked with a graduation ceremony at the

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Australian and New Zealand Army trainers from Task Group Taji 4 conduct marksmanship training with an Iraqi Army training audience at Al Taqqadum, Iraq. ADF photo.
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Fifth rotation of Kiwis for Iraq leave home

23/05/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4771 Views 0 Comments NZDF, Task Group Taji 5

The fifth rotation of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) troops left today for a six-month mission training Iraqi soldiers. CAPTION: Australian

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