Image Gallery: October 2008
03 October 2008
Situation Training Exercises
7, 8 and 9 Platoons from Charlie Company 1 RAR conduct cordon and search training as part of platoon and company level Situation Training Exercises (STX) during Cooperative Spirit 2008. The training was conducted around the mock Afghan village of Nurgal and activities involved cordon and searches, building clearances, counter IED tasks, attacks in urban terrain and community key leader engagement. The Afghanistan-inspired environment and exercise scenarios at the Joint Multinational Readiness Centre (JMRC) in Hohenfels Germany are providing 1 RAR soldiers up to date and realistic training experiences, better preparing them for future operations.
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.
| 20080918cs08_001 Photo by Ms Nicole Munro-Johnson (NZDF) (front left to right) PTE Brodie Keating, PTE Christopher Cathcart and CPL Blake Pascoe with other members of 1 Section, 8 Platoon, Charlie Company, ANZAC Battle Group preparing to cordon and search the village of Nurgal during Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 18 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080918cs08_002 Photo by Ms Nicole Munro-Johnson (NZDF) PTE Kynan Devenna from 7 Platoon Charlie Company, ANZAC Battle Group mans a check-point while other members of his platoon conduct cordon and search activities in the village of Nurgal during Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 18 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080918cs08_005 Photo by Ms Nicole Munro-Johnson (NZDF) (Left to right) PTE Brodie Keating and PTE Christopher Cathcart from 8 Platoon, Charlie Company, ANZAC Battle Group provide cover for other section members during cordon and search activities in the village of Nurgal at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 18 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080918cs08_007 Photo by Ms Nicole Munro-Johnson (NZDF) PTE Brodie Keating (left) and PTE Christopher Cathcart (right) carry PTE Matthre Bovell, a ‘wounded’ member of their section from 8 Platoon, Charlie Company, ANZAC Battle Group during cordon and search activities in the village of Nurgal at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 18 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080918cs08_010 Photo by Specialist (SPC) Matthew Thompson (US Army) Members of 7 Platoon, Charlie Company, ANZAC Battle Group receives a debrief on their cordon and search activities in the village of Nurgal from US Observer/Controller SSG (Staff Sergeant) Fernando Quinones during Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 18 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080918cs08_012 Photo by SPC Matthew Thompson (US Army) Members of 9 Platoon, Charlie Company, ANZAC Battle Group enter a room conducting building clearing activities in the village of Nurgal during Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 18 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080918cs08_014 Photo by SPC Matthew Thompson (US Army) LT James Horrigan (left) talks with US SSG (Staff Sergeant) Brandon Hamlyn, a human intelligence (HUMINT) collector with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team attached 9 Platoon, Charlie Company, ANZAC Battle Group, while patrolling through the streets of ‘Nurgal’ during Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 18 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080918cs08_015 Photo by SPC Matthew Thompson (US Army) LT James Horrigan (foreground) from 9 Platoon, Charlie Company, ANZAC Battle Group walks the streets and prepares to meet with community leaders in Nurgal during Cooperative Spirit 08. US SSG (Staff Sergeant) Brandon Hamlyn, a human intelligence (HUMINT) collector with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team attached to 9 Platoon is in the background. (Date taken: 18 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080918cs08_018 Photo by SPC Matthew Thompson (US Army) PTE Matthew Whiting from 9 Platoon, Charlie Company, ANZAC Battle Group patrols past the Nurgal village mosque during Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 18 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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