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The scars of Kandahar, suffering in silence
In 2008, former New Zealand Army Radiographer Major (Rtd) Soren Hall was one of two New Zealand Defence Force personnel deployed to the largest trauma hospital in Afghanistan, at Kandahar Airfield.
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Crash and bash of Invictus Games helps NZ soldier’s recovery from trauma
New Zealand Army Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Tina Grant, DSD, makes a difference in the lives of Army personnel everyday through her work with the Families of our Fallen.
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How Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon crews train for disaster
The crew of a Boeing P-8A Poseidon recently took off from Base Ohakea and was quickly skimming over the Bay of Plenty, its crew tasked with evaluating the damage from a hypothetical cyclone hitting one of our Pacific neighbours.
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Air Force remembers, ten years on
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A community cut off
In 2016 a magnitude 7.8 quake struck Kaikōura in the middle of the night. Nationally significant and locally vital road and rail links were buried under enormous landslides, or distorted beyond repair. Landline and mobile phone services went down across the region. Power and water infrastructure was disrupted. From 12:02 am Monday 16 November, Kaikōura was cut off.
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Aroha for Her Majesty The Late Queen Elizabeth II in Burnham
Burnham Military Camp has a special connection with Her Majesty The Late Queen Elizabeth II. The camp had the honour of hosting the then Queen, once during the Coronation Tour in 1954 and then again during the Golden Jubilee Tour in 2002.
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Ten years between Invictus Games – growing from a life-changing injury
Connor McLellan had been in New Zealand Army for four years and was on his second deployment to Afghanistan in 2012 when he suffered an injury that would change how he saw the world.
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A song of ice and a firefighter
“I’m going to have to call you back in about 10 minutes, we’ve just got an emperor penguin on the runway that we have to shoo away.”
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Bombs, deployments, explosions and scars
34-year Army veteran Lieutenant Colonel (Rtd) Adam Modd GM, DSD, has dedicated his professional life to Bomb Disposal which has seen him committed to domestic duties, frequent overseas deployments to combat zones, and humanitarian aid missions.
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2024 Year in Review: Air Force
The training, exercising, and operational tempo has been as high as ever for the Air Force this year, covering a wide range of domestic and international activities, from Antarctica to the Pacific, to Asia and beyond.