Image Gallery: October 2007
Mission rehearsal exercise for next Iraq deployment
22 October 2007
Mission training for next Overwatch Battle Group in Iraq Overwatch Battle Group (West) (OBG(W)-4), which will be led by the Enoggera-based 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment. This is the first Australian Light Horse battle group since 1918.
The addition of the infantry support from the 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, also from Enoggera, makes it the first wholly Brisbane-based battle group of the Australian Army's modern era.
The mission-specific training exercise held at High Range Training Area west of Townsville was the first field training conducted by the battle group in its preparation for Iraq.
The current OBG(W) is based in the southern Iraq Province of Dhi Qar and comprises about 515 personnel: the headquarters, a cavalry squadron, an infantry company,
Australian Light Armoured Vehicles and the Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle.
The battle group is based at Tallil Air Base from which it undertakes the security overwatch role for the Al Muthanna and Dhi Qai Provinces as part of a larger Coalition force.
| 20071016adf8225051_026 Solders from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, Queensland Mounted Infantry, conducting patrols in High Range Training Area, Townsville, in preparation for deployment to Iraq as part of OBG(W)4. (Date taken: 16 October 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071016adf8225051_056 Solders from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, Queensland Mounted Infantry, conducting patrols in High Range Training Area, Townsville, in preparation for deployment to Iraq as part of OBG(W)4. (Date taken: 16 October 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071016adf8225051_072 A soldier from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, Queensland Mounted Infantry, conducts a patrol in High Range Training Area, Townsville, in preparation for deployment to Iraq as part of OBG(W)4. (Date taken: 16 October 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071016adf8225051_094 A soldier from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, Queensland Mounted Infantry, conducts a patrol in High Range Training Area, Townsville, in preparation for deployment to Iraq as part of OBG(W)4. (Date taken: 16 October 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071016adf8225051_141 Solders from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, Queensland Mounted Infantry prepare to tow an Australian Light Armoured Vehicles while conducting patrols in High Range Training Area, Townsville, in preparation for deployment to Iraq as part of OBG(W)4. (Date taken: 16 October 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071016adf8225051_150 Solders from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, Queensland Mounted Infantry, conducting patrols in High Range Training Area, Townsville, in preparation for deployment to Iraq as part of OBG(W)4. (Date taken: 16 October 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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