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Senator Hollie Hughes, centre, participates in combat first aid training during her visit to Australia’s main operating base in the Middle East region. Photo: Leading Seaman Craig Walton
Defence Operation Accordion

Politicians get a taste of life on deployment

Three Australian politicians recently experienced what life is like for deployed ADF personnel in the Middle East region.
Bushmasters are loaded onto the Kangaroo Island ferry at Cape Jervis in South Australia as part of Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo: Corporal Tristan Kennedy
Army

Bushmaster written into folklore

A new book details how Australia's 15-tonne armoured vehicle is saving lives and earning praise.
Governor-General General (retd) David Hurley promotes Chaplain Ricky Su from Captain to Major. Photo: Corporal Tamara Cummings
Defence Middle East

Special visit to thank troops in Middle East

Governor-General and Chief of the Defence Force pay tribute to Australian personnel helping bolster security.
Task Group Taji rotation 10 personnel on parade during the transfer of authority from rotation 9 in Iraq. Photo: Corporal Nunu Campos
Army Middle East

Taji 10 takes the reins

Parade marks handover of command to next task group in Iraq.
Corporal Fadi Jabbori chats with Iraqi soldiers at the Taji Military Complex in Iraq. Photo: Corporal Nunu Campos
Army Task Group Taji

Homecoming for Iraqi-Australian soldier

For Iraqi-born Australian Army soldier Corporal Fadi Jabbori, his deployment to the Taji Military Complex evokes memories of his past.
Corporal Luke McFarlane, who is deployed with Task Group Taji 9, observes an Iraqi Army soldier firing a 12.7mm Browning machine gun during a live-fire training exercise at the Besmayah training area, Iraq. Photo: Corporal Nunu Campos
Army Task Group Taji

Independence in their sights

Australian instructors help Iraqi soldiers take an important step towards full independent operating capability.
Royal Australian Air Force officer, Squadron Leader Ben Cowan (left) and his brother, Australian Army soldier Sergeant Scott Cowan at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo: Corporal Tamara Cummings
Defence Global operations

Brothers reunite in Iraq

The Cowan brothers hadn't seen each other for a year before meeting in Iraq.
Australian soldier Corporal Nunu Campos, right, deployed with Task Group Taji 9, examines photographs taken by British soldier, Colour Sergeant Chorlton, during a photography workshop at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo: Corporal Tamara Cummings
Army Task Group Taji

Taji photographers shoot to skill

Personnel deployed to Iraq with Task Group Taji 9 have undergone a different kind of shooting test.
Catafalque party commander Corporal Damien Marsh, who is deployed with Task Group Taji 8, salutes during the Anzac Day dawn service at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo: Corporal Oliver Carter
Defence Anzac Day

Anzac Day marked across the Middle East

Anzac Day was commemorated throughout the Middle East with a number of dawn services.
Australian Army officer Major McLeod Wood (left), who is deployed as the Officer Commanding Training Team Victor with Task Group Taji 8, speaks with Iraqi Army officer Colonel Ahmed, Baghdad Fighting School 3rd Training Wing Commander
Army Operation Okra

Major and his Bulldogs brother kick different goals

The family dynamic of the Wood family, from south-east Victoria, isn't like many others.
Linguist Sergeant Mitchell Reeves with Iraqi Army Major Humam at the Taji Military Complex in Iraq.
Army Operation Okra

The power of language in Taji

For Sergeant Mitchell Reeves, his deployment to Iraq as an Arabic interpreter is proving to be the highlight of his career.

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