Image Gallery: September 2008
17 September 2008
Cooperative Spirit 2008 Field Training
Soldiers from 1 RAR conduct field training, practicing battle and patrol drills at the Joint Multinational Readiness Centre (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany during Cooperative Spirit 08 (CS08). This platoon level training activity is being conducted to prepare 1 RAR soldiers prior to the CS08 collective team and small unit Situational Training Exercises (STXs) and field training exercise (FTX).
1 RAR has joined with other ABCA (America, Britain, Canada and New Zealand) Army groups to participate in the opening ceremony for Cooperative Spirit 08 (CS08) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Centre (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany. The CS08 training event at JMRC focuses on Counter-Insurgency (COIN) operations in an Afghanistan scenario.
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 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. 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.
| 20080911cs08_001 SGT Richard Chapman (left), LCPL Leon Botcham (middle) and PTE Chaka Dau (right) from 9 Platoon, Charlie Company, 1 RAR, confirm orders prior to conducting battle drills during Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 11 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080911cs08_002 PTE Christopher Whybrow (foreground) and PTE Wayne Ireland from 9 Platoon, Charlie Company, 1 RAR, during a platoon assault at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 11 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080911cs08_003 PTE Escher Ford takes a bound while other members of 9 Platoon, Charlie Company, 1 RAR, provide covering fire during a platoon assault at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 11 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080911cs08_004 PTE Mathew Whiting from 9 Platoon, Charlie Company, 1 RAR, takes up a firing position during a platoon attack at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 11 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080911cs08_005 CPL Steven Clacy from 9 Platoon, Charlie Company, 1 RAR, directs his section during a platoon attack at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 11 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080911cs08_006 Members of 9 Platoon, Charlie Company, 1 RAR, take a break and debrief after conducting a platoon attack filmed by a US Army combat camera team at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 11 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080911cs08_007 9 Platoon, Charlie Company, 1 RAR, prepare to break out into their next patrol during Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 11 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080911cs08_008 (Left to right) PTE Paul McGregor, PTE Chaka Dau, PTE Bradley Warn and PTE Aaron Coleman (background) from 9 Platoon, Charlie Company, 1 RAR, begin the next leg of their patrol during Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 11 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080911cs08_009 PTE Bradley Warn from 9 Platoon, Charlie Company, 1 RAR, keeps an eye out during a patrol on Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 11 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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