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Australian Army soldier Warrant Officer Class One Craig Egan (right), OAM, Command Warrant Officer at Joint Operations Command, chats with the New Zealand Army soldier in the role of Regimental Sergeant Major of Task Group Taji during a visit to the Taji Military Complex in Iraq on 14 November 2016. *** Local Caption *** Australia�s Chief of Joint Operations Vice Admiral David Johnston, AM, RAN and Chief of Army Lieutenant General Angus Campbell, DSC, AM visited Task Group Taji in Iraq from 13-14 November 2016. The two senior Australian officers observed Australian and New Zealand Defence Force personnel as well as British Military personnel supporting Iraqi Army soldiers as they train to defeat the Daesh terrorist group. The training includes weapons handling, marksmanship, combat first aid, explosives hazard awareness training, building clearances and obstacle breaching techniques, as well as instruction in the tactics, techniques and procedures for squad through to company-level operations for use in the fight against Daesh. Task Group Taji personnel - which include around 300 Australians and 100 New Zealanders - are based at the Taji Military Complex near Baghdad. They are training the Iraqi Army as part of the broader international Building Partner Capacity mission to Iraq. Australia�s Defence contribution to Iraq is named Operation OKRA, and includes a Special Operations Task Group and an Air Task Group.

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