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NZ Defence Force personnel deployed to the Sinai have this week marked 30 years of continuous commitment to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO).

The MFO is a 12 nation independent organisation established to uphold the conditions set down in the Treaty of Peace signed between Egypt and Israel in 1979. On the 29 March 1979 President Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Begin of Israel signed a historic agreement which set out limitations on the levels of both Egyptian and Israeli military forces in the Sinai.

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"We started as 14 strangers and left as 14 friends. Everyday started at 6.30am, going straight into Daily Inspection after breakfast. Then we flew until 4.30pm, stopping for the occasional break. I now plan to finish my Gliding A Certificate at my local gliding club"

 

Fourteen selected cadets attended the National Gliding Course run by the New Zealand Cadet Forces at Matamata during April 2012, click link below for their impressions that tell the collective story.

 

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 Overseas Deployments

There are currently 507 New Zealand Defence Force personnel deployed on 16 operations, UN missions and defence exercises across 12 countries, including:

A - South Sudan (3 personnel)
B  -Sinai (26 personnel)
C - Middle East (7 personnel)
D - Iraq (1 person)
E - Afghanistan (148 personnel)
F - Korea (3 personnel)
G -Timor-Leste (80 personnel)
H - Solomon Islands (45 personnel)
I -   Antarctica (0 personnel)
J - Bahrain (4 personnel)

All overseas deployments are co-ordinated and run by Joint Forces New Zealand. Once deployed, NZDF personnel come under the control of Commander Joint Forces New Zealand.