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Photo Story: Australian Defence Force personnel return home after deployment to Iraq

cde.news desk 12 December 2019, 15:00 · 1 min read

epa08065019 Warrant Officer Adam Lehane (C) of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Task Group Taji 9 (TGT-9) is greeted by his daughters Paige (L) and Grace upon returning home from deployment in Iraq, at Brisbane Airport in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 12 December 2019. This is the last Brisbane based Task Group Taji rotation. EPA-EFE/DAN PELED AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

Warrant Officer Adam Lehane (C) of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Task Group Taji 9 (TGT-9) is greeted by his daughters Paige (L) and Grace upon returning home from deployment in Iraq, at Brisbane Airport in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on Thursday12 December 2019.

This is the last Brisbane based Task Group Taji rotation. Task Group Taji (TG Taji) is a combined Australian-New Zealand military training force located at the Taji Military Complex northwest of Baghdad.

TG Taji has been deployed to Iraq to support an international effort to train and build the capacity of the regular Iraqi Security Forces (ISF).

Photo: EPA-EFE/DAN PELED