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Gallipoli 100: Youth Ambassadors visit Gallipoli
BJ Clark wanders the carefully-manicured rows of Gallipoli gravestones with the Youth Ambassadors.
BJ Clark wanders the carefully-manicured rows of Gallipoli gravestones with the Youth Ambassadors.
A large contingent of Defence Force personnel to be deployed in Iraq left Ohakea Air Force Base today for Australia, the Defence Force says.
They lost but they’re still champs, says Defence Force chief.
Having military deaths only investigated in-house raises suspicions that this is a convenient way of closing down investigation and criticism - Labour.
Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has dismissed reports that New Zealand troops have already left for Iraq on their joint training mission with Australia.
An advance party of about 85 Australian and New Zealand troops left Australia yesterday in a joint training mission now called Task Force Taji.
Prime Minister John Key was unable to name the head of the Islamist terrorist group Isis - but nor could the Australian Defence Minister.
Over the past decade, Sgt. Shane Ortega has served three combat tours: Two in Iraq, one in Afghanistan. Two as a Marine and one in the Army. Two as a woman and one as a man.
Prince Harry has flown a Spitfire as he caught up with an injured serviceman and veterans hoping to pilot the aircraft in a Battle of Britain flypast.
Labour has attacked the degree of secrecy about the preparation of a New Zealand troop deployment to Iraq.
Labour has attacked the degree of secrecy about the preparation of a New Zealand troop deployment to Iraq.
Nine years ago, the decision to buy eight NH90 helicopters for the air force was accompanied by considerable fanfare.
Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says the difficulties in using the Royal New Zealand Air Force's helicopters in cyclone-hit Vanuatu shows the Government needs to be very careful in making its next military purchases.
Airbus Group expects to see growing demand for military aircraft in Asia amid simmering tensions in the South China Sea and other areas.
Russia's entire Northern Fleet is on the move today as part of a show of force involving 40,000 troops, more than 41 warships, 15 submarines and 110 aircraft.
Pakistan has test-fired a ballistic missile able to carry a nuclear warhead to every part of India. Yesterday's test was another escalation in Islamabad's effort to keep pace with its neighbouring rival's formidable military advancements.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed yesterday that 300 more of the Australian Defence Force would be deployed to Iraq in a non-combat training role.
Fighting began in the key central Iraqi city of Tikrit, birthplace of the former dictator Saddam Hussein, as government forces and Shia militia launched a major assault to displace Isis jihadists.
Soldiers may be excused from going to train Iraqi forces in fight against Isis, for personal reasons. The Defence Force says it is part of being a "good employer".
Every political party laid claim to the moral high ground in the argument over sending a team of army training personnel to Iraq, John Armstrong writes.
Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has clipped the wings of a fledgling regional airline before it can get off the ground.
There’s been widespread sceptism and outrage in response to the Government’s announcement that New Zealand troops will be sent to Iraq, writes Bryce Edwards.
In November Prime Minister Key referred to ISIL as a ‘game changer’ for New Zealand. I wasn’t convinced, especially as the government was focusing on the domestic aspect in seeking to justify increased surveillance powers.
An officer who was criticised for his decision to not call 111 following the collapse of a soldier has stood by his actions at a coronial inquest today.
The decision to commit NZ military contingent to Iraq is a case of misguided foreign policy.