CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Maj. Ernest Felix, an officer with the Australian Army embedded with the Defense Force, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, leads his group during a haka dance on May 26, in honor of the Asian American, Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The group demonstrated their personalized haka war cry with threatening facial gestures, vigorous body slaps and loud chants.

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