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Private Peter Skinner, is currently deployed with Task Group Taji 9, at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo: Corporal Nunu Campos
People Army

Reservist keeping Defence members safe in Iraq

Wagga Wagga’s Peter Skinner is keeping Defence personnel in Iraq safe.

Royal Australian Air Force avionics technician, Leading Aircraftman Anthony Everitt, is deployed to the Middle East region as part of Operation Okra. Photo: Sergeant Kirk Peacock
People Air Force

A family tradition of service leads to Middle East deployment

As a boy, Leading Aircraftman Anthony Everitt admired the F/A-18A Hornets that flew past the headlands near his home.
Australian Army Reservists doctor Lieutenant Colonel Mark Little, left, and pharmacist Lieutenant David Benson, are deployed with Task Group Taji-8, outside the Taji Medical Treatment Facility, Iraq.
International Army

Cairns medics' unlikely reunion in Iraq

Taji Military Complex, 20 kilometres north of Baghdad, Iraq, is the last place you’d expect to run into someone you know from your home town.
New Zealand and Australian Defence Force personnel, deployed to Task Group Taji 8, perform the haka during a welcoming ceremony for newly arrived NZDF members at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq.
International Army

Fierce welcome for new arrivals

Thirty-five New Zealand Defence Force personnel, who arrived at the Taji Military Complex, were confronted with a fierce welcome ceremony.
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
People Army

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.
Capability Army

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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