NZDF Personnel Deploy to the Republic of Korea
Monday, 26 September 2005, 9:55 am
Press Release: New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force
Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa
Media Release
26 September 2005
NZDF Personnel
Deploy to the Republic of Korea
The New Zealand Defence
Force (NZDF) is strengthening its commitment to security in
Korea, with the deployment of two Officers.
Lieutenant
Malcolm Hurly (Army) and Flying Officer Dan Able (Air Force)
depart New Zealand on Thursday 29 September for six
months.
Their departure lifts the number of NZDF personnel
deployed to the United Nations Command Military Armistice
Commission (UNCMAC) in Korea to three.
The NZDF currently
has one officer serving with UNCMAC as the Assistant
Operations Officer.
UNCMAC was created to supervise the
Armistice Agreement of 1953, and is responsible for
supervising the access and security of the Demilitarised
Zone in
Korea.
ENDS
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