Image Gallery: October 2005
Aero medical evacuation exercise in the Al Muthanna Province, Iraq
24 October 2005
In
May 2005, the Australian Government sent a new
Australian Task Force to Iraq to help in the
process of rebuilding, consolidation and reinforcement,
which was made all the more essential in light
of the very successful elections held in January
2005. The Task Group has been called Al Muthana
Task Group (AMTG).
AMTG is in the Al Muthanna province in southern
Iraq and it has two tasks. The first of those
is to provide a secure environment for the Japanese
engineering and support forces which are making
a valuable humanitarian contribution to the
rebuilding process. The Japanese forces are
involved in matters relating to road and school
construction, water availability, and also incidental
health tasks.
The Task Group is also involved, importantly,
in the further training of Iraqi security forces.
That training is essential to the Iraqis in
the future being able to take over the internal
and external defence of their country.
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015 Corporal Russell Hocking, a Section Commander in 5th / 7th Battalion, takes up a protective position in front of a helicopter during an aero medical evacuation exercise in the Al Muthanna Province. (Date taken: 22 September 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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