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Some of the New Zealand Army fathers serving in Iraq on Fathers' Day 2018 – Lieutenant Roger Baxter, Captain James Brosnan, Staff Sergeant James Kirkland, Lance Corporal Timothy Tupou, Warrant Officer Class Two Kahu Ranginui and Lieutenant Colonel Jason Hutchings. Photo by Corporal David Said.

New Zealand soldiers in Iraq on Fathers’ Day

01/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5076 Views 0 Comments Fathers Day

New Zealand Defence Force soldiers serving in Iraq will be relying on technology to connect with their families on Fathers’

Australian Army officer Major Varun Singh talks to family in Australia via Skype from the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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Fathers missing Fathers’ Day deployed to Iraq

31/08/201801/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3702 Views 0 Comments Fathers Day

While fathers across the country will celebrate Fathers’ Day with their families on Sunday, deployed Australian Army dads, like Brisbane-based

Female Afghan officer cadets march past the podium during a muster parade at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy near Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo supplied by NZDF.

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NZDF train more Afghan women officers

24/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3326 Views 0 Comments Afghan National Army Officer Academy

New Zealand Defence Force trainers are helping Afghan women blaze a trail against inequality – training Afghan women as military

Australian Army soldiers Private Nikita Rounds and her father Sergeant Joseph Rounds catch up in the Middle East while concurrently deployed on operations in the region. Photo by Petty Officer Andrew Dakin.

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Father, daughter on operations in the Middle East

18/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5166 Views 0 Comments Joint Task Force 633, Operation Accordion, Operation Okra, Task Group Taji

By Captain Anna-Lise Brink While oceans separate most families when a loved one deploys overseas, one Brisbane father and daughter

A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules delivers supplies for coalition troops based at Iraq’s Camp Taji. Photo by Corporal Anita Gill.

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Kiwis clock Middle East air-support milestone

13/08/201813/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3009 Views 0 Comments New Zealand Defence Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force

The New Zealand Defence Force’s air transport team has flown about 200 tonnes of supplies and 1000 troops across the

A Royal Australian Air Force air refuelling officer on the flight deck of a KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport controls refuelling operations for a Dassault Rafale M from the French during an Operation Okra mission over the Middle East. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.

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KC-30A offloads 100,000,000th pound of fuel

11/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3066 Views 0 Comments KC-30A MRTT

RAAF’s KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport recently delivered its 100,000,000th – yes, that’s 100millionth – pound of fuel during air-to-air

Commander Task Group Taji-7, Australian Army Colonel Michael Say briefs Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester at the Taji Military Complex in Iraq. Photo by US Army Specialist Audrey Ward.

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Minister visits troops in Middle East

09/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2807 Views 0 Comments

Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester thanked Australian Defence Force men and women in the Middle East for their ongoing

Iraqi Army soldiers conduct a live-fire training exercise under the supervision of New Zealand Army soldiers at Taji Military Complex, Iraq. ADF photo.

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New Zealand soldiers train Iraqis in rural combat

08/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2989 Views 0 Comments New Zealand Defence Force, Task Group Taji

New Zealand Defence Force troops are training Iraqi forces how to operate in a rural environment as remnants of Islamic

An Afghanistan Air Force Cayuse Warrior helicopter conducts an air-to-ground rocket attack during Afghanistan National Army and Air Force Terminal Air Controllers practical assessment of their training. Photo by Sergeant Rob Hack.

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Aussies help build the Afghan Air Force

07/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2810 Views 0 Comments Afghan Air Force, TAAC-Air

A contingent of Australian advisors is embedded within Train Advise Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air) at Forward Operating Base Oqab

Warrant Officer Class 2 Daymon Wickens (fifth from left) with personnel from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Peacekeeping School. NZDF photo.

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Fiji military training with NZDF for Golan Heights mission

01/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3430 Views 0 Comments Golan Heights, New Zealand Defence Force, Republic of Fiji Military Forces, United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

The New Zealand Defence Force is mentoring Fiji Peacekeeping School personnel, who are training about 150 troops due to be

Captain Demi Exley and and un-named Afghan mentee at Camp Qargha, Afghanistan. NZDF photo.

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Afghan military adopts NZ mentoring philosophy

31/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2635 Views 0 Comments Afghanistan National Army Officer Academy

A female New Zealand Defence Force officer serving in Afghanistan has blazed a trail for mentoring male Afghan Army instructors

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TG Taji facilitates US weapons transfer to Iraq

20/07/201820/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3118 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji 7

Task Group Taji-7 has helped facilitate the transfer of a heavy weapons and ammunition consignment from the United States to

An Afghan Air Force member inspects a UH-60 Black Hawk at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, as air crews prepare for their first Afghan-led operational mission on this aircraft type. US Air Force photo by 1st Lieutenant Erin Recanzone.

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Australia to train Afghan airforce on Black Hawk

12/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4448 Views 0 Comments Afghanistan, UH-60 Black Hawk

Australia will assist the Afghan National Air Force to establish its UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter capability. CAPTION: An Afghan Air Force member inspects

An Iraqi Army soldier disarms an enemy role player during a rehearsal of the Officer and Junior Leaders Course culminating activity at Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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Task Group Taji-7 completes Iraqi junior leaders’ course

11/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2595 Views 0 Comments Baghdad Fighting School, Task Group Taji 7

Task Group Taji-7 has completed training 129 Iraqi Army personnel on the Officer and Junior Leaders Course at Taji Military

HMAS Warramunga in the Middle East Region. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.

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Heading home after Warramungously successful mission

18/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3431 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

HMAS Warramunga is returning to Australia after a highly successful deployment to the Middle East Region. FILE PHOTO: HMAS Warramunga in

Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne id formally welcomed in Jakarta by Commander Indonesian Armed Forces Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and a Panglima TNI honour guard.

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MINDEF on world tour

09/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3049 Views 0 Comments NATO

Minister for Defence Marise Payne attended NATO Defence Ministers’ meetings and a series of bilateral engagements in Brussels on 8

HMAS Warramunga boarding party members Able Seaman Corey Bartlett and Able Seaman Jacob Dun relocate parcels of seized narcotics. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.

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Warramunga scores amazing new hat trick – tops $2billion!

06/06/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3987 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

HMAS Warramunga, currently deployed to the Middle East under Operation Manitou, has seized three separate cargos of illicit narcotics over three

Australian and New Zealand personnel at a transfer of authority ceremony from Task Group Taji 6 to the seventh rotation at Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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TG Taji 6 hands over to 7th rotation

04/06/201807/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3166 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji 7

Task Group Taji 6 has completed a six-month deployment to the Taji Military Complex near Baghdad, Iraq, training more than

Leading Seaman James Walker (right) passes a parcel of seized narcotics to Able Seaman Stephanie Pannell during a drug-seizure operation in the Middle East. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.

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Two more drug busts by Warramunga

25/05/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2813 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

HMAS Warramunga has seized two more hauls of illicit narcotics valued at approximately AUD$315.4 million* following boarding operations in international

Sixth rotation of New Zealand Defence Force personnel return from Iraq on a Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A.

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Kiwi contingent home from Middle East

17/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2718 Views 0 Comments

About 110 New Zealand Defence Force personnel returned home this evening from a six-month deployment to the Middle East, where