Image Gallery: November 2006
Images from 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.
| 20061021adf8185016_0006 An Australian Bushmaster Gunner checks his radio prior to moving out on patrol around Tarin Kowt, Oruzgan province in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0013 Private Shane Clifford from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment waits for the order to move out on patrol around Tarin Kowt, Oruzgan province in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0016 Interested locals watch on as an Australian Bushmaster provides protection for a Reconstruction Task Force convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0088 An interested Afghan child watches on as an Australian Bushmaster rolls by on a patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0106 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0118 Corporal Clint Dunn from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment moves to a new position while out on patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0121 1st Reconstruction Task Force troops out on patrol as part of a Reconstruction Task Force convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0131 An Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldier moves to a new position while out on patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0135 An Australian Bushmaster rolls around providing protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0175 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles provide protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0230 Private Scott Brown from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment maintains a secure watch while out on patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0238 Work complete, as Dutch and Australian troops prepare to move out after constructing an observer check point position for the Afghan National Army in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0269 Private Scott Brown from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment maintains a secure watch while out on patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0278 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle and Australian Bushmaster provide protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0316 Private Luke Andrews from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment maintains a secure watch while out on patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0338 Corporal Josh Young from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, scans the open ground as a convoy of Australian Bushmaster vehicles patrol around Oruzgan province in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0385 Private Luke Andrews from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment maintains a secure watch while out on patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0403 Soldiers from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, as part of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force, provide a security screen during an observer check point position construction task for the Afghan National Army in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 20 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0419 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers prepare extra sand bags for the construction of an observer check point position for the Afghan National Army in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0428 1st Reconstruction Task Force troops construct an observer check point position for the Afghan National Army in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0447 Corporal Josh Young from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, scans the open ground as a convoy of Australian Bushmaster vehicles begin a patrol around Oruzgan province in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061022adf8185016_0011 1st Reconstruction Task Force Sergeant Matthew Dawson completes a radio check prior to moving out on patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 22 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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