Joint Task Force 633 Remembrance Day Service
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Channel: Royal Australian Air Force · 2015 · Science & Technology
With nearly 2000 Australian Defence personnel deployed in the Middle East, Remembrance Day 2015 at Headquarters Joint Task Force 633 held special significance for those at Australia’s main military base for the region. The Australians were flanked by New Zealand, British, American, Dutch and Italian forces at the ceremony, reflecting a century of sacrifices made by their respective forces across the globe. Rear Admiral Trevor Jones, the Commander for Australian troops in the Middle East, said Anzac ancestors would find much to which they could relate if they could see the modern service. “Once again the men and women in uniform of our respective coalition partners are engaged in a great struggle against forces who subjugate the freedoms and peace of innocent peoples through the ruthless, unyielding and inhumane application of violence in pursuit of archaic political and ideological objectives," Admiral Jones said. “While the uniforms have changed with time, the common sacrifices of leaving family and friends at home to help others remain universal." “In this Centenary Year of Anzac, this Remembrance Day offers a poignant opportunity to once again reflect both on the enormous sacrifice in terms of human life. “We mourn the loss to humanity of a generation of leaders, innovators, philosophers and thinkers whose contributions to society were never realised because of their untimely death on the oceans and battlefields of World War I. “Lest We Forget.”
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