TEN Royal Australian Navy personnel were welcomed home by family and friends today after eight months in Iraq training and rebuilding the country's maritime forces. Based in the port of Umm Qasr, the Iraqi Coastal Defence Force Training Team played a key role in rehabilitating the Iraqi navy. Working with other coalition partners including the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy and the Netherlands, the team trained the new Iraqi Coastal Defence Force (ICDF) to take over responsibility for policing its coastline and waterways in the Northern Arabian Gulf. The ICDF will protect the ports of Umm Qasr and Az...