Image Galleries
| April 2009 |
| Gallipoli Cup in the MEAO The Gallipoli Cup is a cricket match played between Seven Seas Shipchandlers, a supply company in Dubai. (Date uploaded: 30 April 2009 - 11 images) View Gallery |
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| Arnhem Thunder 2009 Number 77 Squadron will deploy14 F/A-18 Hornets and approximately 180 personnel to RAAF Base Tindal from the 14 Apr 09 - 03 May 09 to conduct Exercise Arnhem Thunder 09-01, the exercise is to enable squadron aircrew to regain proficiency at 4 ship Offensive Counter Air and Large Employment Operations. (Date uploaded: 30 April 2009 - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| AusAID Defence Agreement Strategic Partnership Agreement between The Department of Defence & The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). (Date uploaded: 29 April 2009 - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| South East Asia Deployment Seaman Boatswains Mate Sammi Elder readies lines for a seaboat recovery onborad HMAS SUCCESS during a man overboard exercise. (Date uploaded: 29 April 2009 - 20 images) View Gallery |
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| Northern Trident 2009 HMAS Ballarat ANZAC Day HMAS Ballarat Exercise Northern Trident 2009. (Date uploaded: 28 April 2009 - 14 images) View Gallery |
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| Northern Trident 2009 HMAS Ballarat Departs Sydney Chief Petty Officer Russell Kerney is farewelled by daughters Amelia and Eloise. (Date uploaded: 28 April 2009 - 04 images) View Gallery |
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Northern Trident 2009 HMAS Sydney ANZAC Day |
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| Northern Trident 2009 HMAS Sydney Musicians Musicians deployed for the Northern Trident Deployment Rehearse in the Starboard Hangar. (Date uploaded: 28 April 2009 - 05 images) View Gallery |
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Northern Trident 2009 HMAS Sydney Sea Hawk |
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| Northern Trident 2009 HMAS Sydney departs Able Seaman Electronics Technician Aaron Kippax providing Forecastle Communications to the bridge, as HMAS SYDNEY's ships company line the Ship's starboard side to farewell family and friends as they depart for Operation Northern Trident 2009. (Date uploaded: 28 April 2009 - 14 images) View Gallery |
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| Anzac Day 2009 Galleries View Galleries |
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Minister for Defence and Keith Payne VC visit the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force |
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| Combat Team Tusk on patrol during OP Shak Haliwel Combat Team Tusk is the name given to the Force Protection Combat Team from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force. The team is a Combined Arms Organisation and has soldiers and Officers drawn from Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and other support Corps. (Date uploaded: 24 April - 42 images) View Gallery |
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| The Hon. Warren Snowdon visit to East Timor Soldiers on Operation Astute, part of the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor, had a visit by the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, The Hon. Warren Snowdon, MP. (Date uploaded: 25 April - 23 images) View Gallery |
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| Crew of HMAS Sydney farewelled (Date uploaded: 24 April - 14 images) View Gallery |
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| Kruger Route Irish After seven months in Iraq, the crew of V23C is pretty familiar with Route Irish. The once notorious road to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) is a lifeline for the soldiers of SECDET XIV, who have made ‘sustainment runs’ from their base in the International Zone 134 times. (Date uploaded: 24 April - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| East Timor Fire Fighters Training The East Timor Comoro Airport Soccoros (fire fighters) conduct a crash exercise in Dili. (Date uploaded: 24 April - 15 images) View Gallery |
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| Interacting with local children The Cove is home to the heart of the SECDET team. SECDET infantry also provide security for the Australian embassy in Baghdad. Rotation XIV is the first SECDET to deploy for eight months, and has been one of the busiest SECDET rotations. (Date uploaded: 24 April - 14 images) View Gallery |
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Ashmore Reef Recovery Imagery |
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd visit to HMAS Collins |
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Wreckage Of Raaf Aircraft Found In Vietnam |
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Ashmore Island boat people Aero Medical Evacuation |
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| Engineers build a standard grenade range at Metinaro International Stabilisation Force engineers build a standard grenade range at Metinaro, east of Dili. The range will serve as a training area for soldiers of the ISF and East Timor Defence Force. (Date uploaded: 23 April - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team Patrol during OP Shak Haliwel The Kakarak region, north of the main Australian base at Tarin Kowt, is one of the last insurgent outposts in the Tarin Kowt bowl. (Date uploaded: 23 April - 15 images) View Gallery |
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| Unveiling of HMAS AE2 Commemorative Plaque The plaque commemorates the contribution made during World War One by HMAS AE2, the Royal Australian Navy's second submarine, during its service in the Dardanelles of Turkey. (Date uploaded: 22 April - 17 images) View Gallery |
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Canberra bomber found |
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| Op Herrick About to return to Australia, sixteen 4th Field Regiment soldiers were deployed as part of the United Kingdom’s Task Force Helmand (Operation Herrick). The Australian gunners operated with the UK task force under a bilateral arrangement to further enhance the Australian Army’s artillery capability. (Date uploaded: 21 April - 02 images) View Gallery |
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| Anzac Exchange Patrol in East Timor Two sections of Dili-based Kiwi Company are working with Aussie D Company patrolling Baucau and the eastern districts of Timor as part of Anzac exchange. (Date uploaded: 21 April - 05 images) View Gallery |
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Prime Minister at RAAF base Edinburgh |
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HMAS Ballarat departs |
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| Anzac Exchange Patrol in East Timor Two sections of Dili-based Kiwi Company are working with Aussie D Company patrolling Baucau and the eastern districts of Timor as part of Anzac exchange. (Date uploaded: 20 April - 25 images) View Gallery |
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HMA Ships Childers and Albany |
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HMAS Success ship's charity launch |
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Royal Australian Air Force puppies |
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| White Paper Community Consultation Program The Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, today released the report of findings of the White Paper Community Consultation Program during an event at Parliament House in Canberra. (Date uploaded: 16 April 2009 - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| East Timor bike patrols East Timor's stable security situation allows Australian soldiers to ride bikes on street patrols instead of riding in vehicles. (Date uploaded: 14 April - 08 images) View Gallery |
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Minister for Defence Visits Aegis Production Center |
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Minister for Defence attends AUSMIN conference |
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Exercise Executive Stretch (Date uploaded: 09 April 2009 - 16 images) |
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Minister for Defence visits Arlington Cemetery |
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| Australian Surgical Team in Afghanistan Australia is currently providing a Surgical and Intensive Care team to the International Security and Assistance Force in Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 09 April - 06 images) View Gallery |
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Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force Two |
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| Submarine Collins Class Submarines, HMAS Rankin, HMAS Waller and HMAS Collins, transmitting information through Gage Roads, Cockburn Sound. (Date uploaded: 08 April - 22 images) View Gallery |
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| Intensive training for our soldiers Soldiers undergo intensive training throughout their careers and especially before deploying to areas of operations such as Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 07 April - 19 images) View Gallery |
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Mission Rehearsal is no mission impossible |
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| Patrolling Baluchi Valley The Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) based in the northern Baluchi Valley continues to work closely with their Afghan National Army partners. (Date uploaded: 07 April - 12 images) View Gallery |
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Red Flag 09 |
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| Operational Mentor and Liaison Teams in Chora Valley The 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force, is the first Australian deployment tasked to actively mentor and support the Afghan National Army. (Date uploaded: 07 April - 10 images) View Gallery |
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| Troops on patrol Throughout the Oruzgan Province, there are numerous roads, buildings and key infrastructure projects that vie for the attention of Australian Forces. (Date uploaded: 07 April - 15 images) View Gallery |
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| Combat team patrols targeting insurgent caches Combat Team Tusk, the Force Protection element from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force, regularly conduct patrols throughout the Battle Group’s Area of Operations. (Date uploaded: 07 April - 36 images) View Gallery |
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| Transporting supplies in Chora, Afghanistan Soldiers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force are based in numerous small patrol bases and combat out posts throughout the Oruzgan region, meaning that supplies must be moved from their main forward operating base to support the operations that the soldiers and their Afghan National Army partners are conducting. (Date uploaded: 07 April - 24 images) View Gallery |
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| Providing security during a reconstruction inspection visit to a primary school in Tarin Kowt Tarin Kowt is the capital of Oruzgan Province and has been the centre of Australian reconstruction efforts since mid 2006. (Date uploaded: 07 April - 27 images) View Gallery |
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Adelaide celebrations for RAAF's 88th anniversary |
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| Tarin Kowt medical facility opens The after months of hard work the 1st Mentoring Reconstruction Task Force celebrated the opening of the Afghan Health and Development Service complex in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 03 April - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| Civil disturbance exercise in East Timor The International Stabilisation Force, East Timor National Police and their United Nations (UN) security partners conduct a civil disturbance exercise in East Timor. (Date uploaded: 02 April - 17 images) View Gallery |
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| C-17 visit to East Timor This is the second time a C-17 has landed in Timor. The trip gave Australian soldiers, United Nations aviation staff and East Timorese fire fighters the opportunity to get on board for a quick tour through the aircraft. (Date uploaded: 02 April 2009 - 07 images) View gallery |
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| East Timor Police Force celebrates nine years The ninth anniversary of the East Timor Police Force was celebrated at the Palazzio in Dili, on 27 March 2009. (Date uploaded: 02 April 2009 - 08 images) View gallery |
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