11 August 2016

News Story: New Zealand military training U.S. troops for Middle East peacekeeping

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WELLINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand military has been training the United States troops for peacekeeping duties in the Sinai Peninsula, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) revealed on Wednesday.

Four NZDF instructors had just completed a 10-day course for more than 200 U.S. troops at Fort Bliss in Texas, said a statement from the NZDF.

The course gave the U.S. soldiers an overview of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), an independent international organization with peacekeeping responsibilities in Sinai.

Read the full story at Xinhua