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Final class graduates from Australian trade school

Students of the Australian run Trade Training School after their recent graduation ceremony at Multi National Base Tarin Kot. The graduation ended an era of Australian engineering corps soldiers providing training, mentoring and advising to Afghan students and their instructors, which Reconstruction Task Force 1 began in 2006. During its history, the TTS ran more than 40 courses and over 900 students have gained life changing trade skills.The Australian-run Trade Training School (TTS) at Multinational Base Tarin Kot graduated its final group of students on March 16.
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