Plans Set For Rapid-Response Force With New Zealand

June 27 2011

Australia

Defense chiefs from Australia and New Zealand have finalized an agreement on a joint ready response force, reports the Australian Dept. of Defense.

The joint statement issued Friday in Canberra on the ANZAC ready-response force formalizes a bilateral government initiative to plan and train for emergency response missions in the Pacific.

A significant aspect of the accord covers the embedding of New Zealand military personnel with Australian planning staff in the joint force...

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