Image Gallery: February 2007
The eastern checkpoint project
13 February 2007
A contingent of Australian Defence Personnel are 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), is a mix of engineers, security and support personnel deployed to Afghanistan for up to 2 years to 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 is 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) that will 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, 7th Royal Australian Regiment and the Darwin based 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Command, logistics and support elements have come from the Darwin based 1st Brigade.
| 20070204adf8185016_0042 Warrant Officer Class 2 Stephen Smith (left) reviews the plans of the eastern checkpoint with the local Afghan contractor during a site inspection to update the new Commander of Task Force Uruzgan Colonel Has van Griensven. The eastern checkpoint project is one of the many projects that has been designed and project managed by the Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0010 Captain Lee Bowden (right) updates the new Commander of Task Force Uruzgan, Colonel Has van Griensven (left) on the current situation of reconstruction work at the eastern causeway bridge and checkpoint sites. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0019 Captain Lee Bowden (right) updates the new Commander of Task Force Uruzgan, Colonel Has van Griensven (center) and 1st Reconstruction Task Force Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan (left) on the current situation of reconstruction work completed to date at the eastern causeway bridge and checkpoint sites. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0039 An Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldier stands in over watch as troops move down to inspect the construction site of the eastern causeway bridge. The bridge development is one of the many projects that has been designed and project managed by the Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0047 Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers get an update from the local Afghan contractor on the progress of the eastern checkpoint during a site inspection patrol to update the new Commander of Task Force Uruzgan Colonel Has van Griensven on the reconstruction projects within the Tarin Kowt area. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0055 Captain Lee Bowden (right) updates the new Commander of Task Force Uruzgan, Colonel Has van Griensven (left) and 1st Reconstruction Task Force Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan (center) on the current situation of reconstruction work completed to date at the eastern causeway bridge and checkpoint sites. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0066 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers move down to inspect the construction site of the eastern causeway bridge being built in Tarin Kowt. The bridge development is one of the many projects that has been designed and project managed by the Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0099 Lance Corporal Colin Wruck from the Brisbane based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment maintains a secure watch during a site inspection mission to update the new Commander of Task Force Uruzgan Colonel Has van Griensven on the reconstruction projects within the Tarin Kowt area. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0110 Private Ronnie Bowtell from the Brisbane based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment maintains a secure watch during a site inspection mission to update the new Commander of Task Force Uruzgan Colonel Has van Griensven on the reconstruction projects within the Tarin Kowt area. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0116 Captain Lee Bowden (left) updates the new Commander of Task Force Uruzgan, Colonel Has van Griensven (center) and 1st Reconstruction Task Force Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan (right) on the current situation of reconstruction work completed to date at the new government building in Tarin Kowt. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0119 Captain Lee Bowden (left) updates the new Commander of Task Force Uruzgan, Colonel Has van Griensven (right) on the current situation of reconstruction work completed to date at the new government building in Tarin Kowt. The new government building is one of the many projects that has been designed and project managed by the Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0126 Captain Lee Bowden (left) updates the new Commander of Task Force Uruzgan, Colonel Has van Griensven (center) and 1st Reconstruction Task Force Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan (right) on the current situation of reconstruction work completed to date at the new government building in Tarin Kowt. The new government building is one of the many projects that has been designed and project managed by the Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0127 The construction site of the new government building being built in Tarin Kowt; the government building is one of the many projects that has been designed and project managed by the Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0136 Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers get an update from the local Afghan contractor on the progress of the new government building during a site inspection patrol to update the new Commander of Task Force Uruzgan Colonel Has van Griensven on the reconstruction projects within the Tarin Kowt area. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0168 Local Afghan workers watch on as Captain Lee Bowden briefs the new Commander of Task Force Uruzgan, Colonel Has van Griensven about the Tarin Kowt Hospital upgrade during a site inspection patrol. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0182 Captain Lee Bowden (rear right) updates the new Commander of Task Force Uruzgan, Colonel Has van Griensven (rear center) and 1st Reconstruction Task Force Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan (rear left) on the Tarin Kowt Hospital upgrade project as they chat with the local doctors about the progress of work completed. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0183 Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers chat with one of the local Afghan doctors about the progress of work on the Tarin Kowt Hospital upgrade project (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070204adf8185016_0192 New Commander of Task Force Uruzgan, Colonel Has van Griensven (left) and 1st Reconstruction Task Force Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan (right) chat as they inspect the Tarin Kowt Hospital during a site inspection patrol to update the commanders on the reconstruction projects being completed within the Tarin Kowt area. (Date taken: 04 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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