Image Gallery: September 2008
23 September 2008
Land Commander Australia visit troops at Cooperative Spirit 08
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.
| 20080921cs08_001 Land Commander Australia Major General Mark Kelly and Regimental Sergeant Major Land Command Warrant Officer 1 David Ashley view Explosive Ordnance Disposal robot capabilities during a display at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 21 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080921cs08_002 US Observer Controller Captain Kirk Junker from the Joint Multinational Readiness Centre briefs Land Commander Australia Major General Mark Kelly on exercise training scenarios at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 21 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080921cs08_003 Joint Multinational Readiness Centre US Observer Controllers Captain Kirk Junker (left) and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Borg (right) accompany Land Commander Australia Major General Mark Kelly with Commanding Officer ANZAC Battle Group Lieutenant Colonel Peter Connolly to view training at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 21 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080921cs08_004 Commanding Officer ANZAC Battle Group Lieutenant Colonel Peter Connolly and Land Commander Australia Major General Mark Kelly share a laugh while viewing training at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 21 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080921cs08_006 (Front right to left) Officer Commanding Combat Team Charlie, Major Gordon Wing introduces his Combat Team Signaller, Lance Corporal Tim Adams from New Zealand to Land Commander Australia, Major General Mark Kelly at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 21 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080921cs08_007 Commanding Officer ANZAC Battle Group Lieutenant Colonel Peter Connolly introduces two of his Platoon Commanders from Combat Team Charlie, Lieutenant Matthew Cooper (foreground left) and Lieutenant Justin Robinson (foreground right) to Land Commander Australia Major General Mark Kelly at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 21 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080921cs08_008 Land Commander Australia Major General Mark Kelly chats with Lieutenant Matthew Cooper (foreground left) and Lieutenant Justin Robinson (foreground right) at Cooperative Spirit 08 while Commanding Officer ANZAC Battle Group Lieutenant Colonel Peter Connolly looks on. (Date taken: 21 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080921cs08_010 (Left to right) Private Christopher Whybrow with Land Commander Australia Major General Mark Kelly and Sergeant Richard Chapman during a break in training at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 21 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080921cs08_011 (Left to right) Corporal Steven Clacy, Private Christopher Whybrow, Land Commander Australia Major General Mark Kelly and Sergeant Richard Chapman during a break in training at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 21 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080921cs08_012 (Left to right) Regimental Sergeant Major Land Command Warrant Officer 1 David Ashley and Land Commander Australia Major General Mark Kelly speak with Observer Controllers Sergeant Andrew Sowell and Sergeant Alexander King at Cooperative Spirit 08. (Date taken: 21 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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