Image Gallery: October 2008
03 October 2008
Patrol Base ANZAC
Patrol Base ANZAC has been established following the successful insertion of the ANZAC Battle Group into their area of operations, near the mock-town of Asadabad. From here the Commanding Officer of ANZAC Battle Group conducts planning and operations forward of his normal operating base in Albertshoff with his TAC party. Patrol Base ANZAC is a temporary home to Australian and New Zealand soldiers of the ANZAC Battle Group, along with US counterparts from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team and US JMRC Observer/Controllers.
Approximately 180 personnel drawn mostly from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) in Townsville have deployed to Germany on Cooperative Spirit 2008 (CS08). CS08 is a multinational exercise intended to test interoperability among the American, British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Armies (ABCA).
The 1 RAR contingent comprises of a Battle Group HQ and Combat Team Force Element and will be combined with a company from the 2nd/1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (2/1 RNZIR) to create the ‘ANZAC Battle Group’ during the exercise. They will conduct operations in the field, under stressful battlefield conditions, complete with a sophisticated opposing force and realistic training scenarios in a world-class training facility.
CS08 is being conducted by the United States at the Joint Multinational Readiness Centre (JMRC), located in Hohenfels, Germany, between 11 Sep and 10 Oct 08. Around 1800 troops from ABCA Armies are taking part in the activity. The month-long exercise aims to develop skills common to ABCA armies and increase interoperability for combined operations, offering significant opportunities to train soldiers in a combined (multinational) environment.
| 20080927cs08_001 Photo by Ms Nicole Munro-Johnson (NZDF) Australian, New Zealand and US soldiers conduct deliberate planning for ANZAC Battle Group operations from Patrol Base ANZAC at the Joint Multinational Readiness Training Centre (JMRC) during the Field Training Exercise (FTX) period of Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 27 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080927cs08_002 Photo by Ms Nicole Munro-Johnson (NZDF) Australian, New Zealand and US soldiers conduct deliberate planning for ANZAC Battle Group operations from Patrol Base ANZAC at the Joint Multinational Readiness Training Centre (JMRC) during the Field Training Exercise (FTX) period of Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 27 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080927cs08_003 Photo by Ms Nicole Munro-Johnson (NZDF) Commanding Officer of the ANZAC Battle Group, LTCOL Peter Connolly (standing), directs planning and operations from Patrol Base ANZAC with his New Zealand and US staff at the Joint Multinational Readiness Training Centre (JMRC) during the Field Training Exercise (FTX) period of Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 27 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080927cs08_005 Photo by Ms Nicole Munro-Johnson (NZDF) New Zealand and American soldiers working with the ANZAC Battle Group go through quick orders at Patrol Base ANZAC at the Joint Multinational Readiness Training Centre (JMRC) during the Field Training Exercise (FTX) period of Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 27 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080927cs08_007 Photo by Ms Nicole Munro-Johnson (NZDF) SGT Stacey Russell (2nd from left), Joint Offensive Support Team with Combat Team Bravo, ANZAC Battle Group, selects Defensive Fire targets with MAJ Aiden Shattock before departing Patrol Base ANZAC for Combat Team operations at the Joint Multinational Readiness Training Centre (JMRC) during the Field Training Exercise (FTX) period of Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 27 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080927cs08_009 Photo by Ms Nicole Munro-Johnson (NZDF) (Right to left) MAJ Peter Meakin, Battery Commander 107 Field Battery, 4th Field Regiment attached to ANZAC Battle group and MAJ Jeff Schmidt, Observer/Controller from the Joint Multinational Readiness Training Centre (JMRC) prepare to board a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter from a patrol Base ANZAC to conduct aerial observation supporting ANZAC Battle Group tasks during the Field Training Exercise (FTX) period of Cooperative Spirit 08 (Date taken: 27 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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