Image Gallery: November 2006
Images of Operation SLIPPER
01 November 2006
A contingent of Australian Defence Force personnel is working in Afghanistan as part of the Netherlands-led Provincial Reconstruction Team under the NATO International Security Assistance Force’s Stage III expansion into southern Afghanistan.
Australia’s contribution, known as the Reconstruction Task Force (RTF), will be a mix of engineers and security personnel deployed to Afghanistan for up to two years and will work on reconstruction and community-based projects as part of Australia’s commitment to assisting Afghanistan achieve a stable and secure future.
The majority of the task force will be drawn from the Darwin area and made up of personnel from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment based in Darwin, which will provide combat engineers and tradesmen (carpenters, plumbers, electricians and plant operators) to undertake the majority of the RTF’s construction activities. This will include skills training for the local population to ensure the benefits of the deployment continue well after our personnel have returned home.
The Australian protective force for the RTF is being provided by the Brisbane-based Motorised Infantry of the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 5/7 Royal Australian Regiment and the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Command, logistics and support elements have come from the Darwin-based 1st Brigade.
| 20061022adf8185016_0037 Soldiers from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, as part of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force, provide a security screen during a visit to deliver Australian aid to the nearby Tarin Kowt hospital. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061022adf8185016_0038 1st Reconstruction Task Force Sergeant Scott Woolley checks the perimeter as soldiers from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment provide a security screen during a visit to deliver Australian aid to the nearby Tarin Kowt hospital. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061022adf8185016_0043 Local Afghanistan children look on with interest as soldiers from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment provide a security screen during a visit to deliver Australian aid to the nearby Tarin Kowt hospital. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061022adf8185016_0060 An Australian soldier from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment provides a security screen during a visit to deliver Australian aid to the nearby Tarin Kowt hospital. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061022adf8185016_0072 Australian 19th Chief Engineer Works Corporal Mark Casey records his measurements for the redevelopment of the nearby Tarin Kowt hospital in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061022adf8185016_0084 Private Chris Harvey from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, as part of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force, provides a security screen during a visit to deliver Australian Aid to the nearby Tarin Kowt hospital. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061022adf8185016_0097 Captain Clare O’Neil (left) and Dutch Captain Arno Bardok (centre) chat with the local doctor during a visit to deliver Australian aid to the nearby Tarin Kowt hospital in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061022adf8185016_0107 Captain Clare O’Neil (left) hands over care packages to a local doctor during a visit to deliver Australian aid to the nearby Tarin Kowt hospital in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061022adf8185016_0131 Corporal Mark Casey (left) and Warrant Officer Class 2 Darren Moylan (right) check their measurements for the redevelopment of the nearby Tarin Kowt hospital in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061022adf8185016_0136 Dutch Captain Arno Bardok (right) checks the works plans as Corporal Mark Casey (left) completes his measurements for the redevelopment of the nearby Tarin Kowt hospital in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 20 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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