Image Gallery: April 2010
28 April 2010
Defence Indigenous Development Program - Katherine NT
Project Manager for the Defence Indigenous Development Program (DIDP) and former Commanding Officer of NORFORCE Lieutenant Colonel Roger Bryett has visited the program's new trainees at the Katherine Rural College in the Northern Territory during their orientation phase to deliver a motivational opening address, and get to know the men of the 2010 program.
LTCOL Bryett said the opening address was to inspire the young indigenous men to keep on the program's full seven months, from his experience with NORFORCE and indigenous affairs.
"We're trying to bring the warrior ethos back to a culture that is recovering from a long period of sadness," he said.
"Through improved LLN standards, VET certifications self-esteem and personal development we're taking these young men from remote indigenous communities and giving them the self-confidence to walk proudly at home with strong cultural values and an understanding of the mainstream world."
Young indigenous men from remote areas across the Northern Territory and Kimberley regions are preparing for their seven-month journey to graduation on the 2010 Defence Indigenous Development Program (DIDP) with an orientation phase at the Katherine Rural College where trainees are settling into living away from home.
Through a culturally sensitive military structured training environment, the recruits and soldiers have come together for the three week phase to assist their integration into the program’s military and tertiary study environments, while living away from the familiarities of family and country.
| 20100418adf8243523_003 Trainees of the Defence Indigenous Development Program (DIDP) take a day off at Edith Falls near Katherine in the Northern Territory during the program's orientation phase. (Date taken: 18 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100419adf8243523_009 A Physical Training session in the Katherine Rural College gym is run by Project Manager for the Defence Indigenous Development Program (DIDP) Lieutenant Colonel Roger Bryett in the Northern Territory during the program's orientation phase. (Date taken: 19 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100419adf8243523_013 Trainees for the Defence Indigenous Development Program (DIDP) lift waits during a gym session run by DIDP's Project Manager Lieutenant Colonel Roger Bryett in the Northern Territory during the program's orientation phase. (Date taken: 19 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100419adf8243523_023 Trainees for the Defence Indigenous Development Program (DIDP) box during a gym session run by DIDP's Project Manager Lieutenant Colonel Roger Bryett in the Northern Territory during the program's orientation phase. (Date taken: 19 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100419adf8243523_032 Defence Indigenous Development Program's (DIDP) Project Manager Lieutenant Colonel Roger Bryett explains the Physical Training session's next activity to trainees during the program's orientation phase at the Katherine Rural College in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 19 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100419adf8243523_042 Trainees jossle with Defence Indigenous Development Program's (DIDP) Project Manager Lieutenant Colonel Roger Bryett (centre) during a team activity for a Physical Training session at the Katherine Rural College in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 19 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100419adf8243523_044 Defence Indigenous Development Program's (DIDP) Project Manager Lieutenant Colonel Roger Bryett (centre) resists the program's trainee's efforts to force him from the ring during a team activity for a Physical Training session at the Katherine Rural College in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 19 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100419adf8243523_051 Private Leryan Costaine jossles with another trainee to remain in the dirt ring during a team activity for a Physical Training session for the Defence Indigenous Development Program's (DIDP) orientation phase at the Katherine Rural College in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 19 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100419adf8243523_062 Recruits Anton Roberts (left) from Hodgson Downs and Seamon McPhee from Fitzroy Crossing practice CPR on an infant doll for their First Aid certificate during the Defence Indigenous Development Program's (DIDP) orientation phase at the Katherine Rural College in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 19 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100419adf8243523_075 Defence Indigenous Development Program's (DIDP) Project Manager Lieutenant Colonel Roger Bryett assists a DIDP trainee on a computer during the program's orientation phase at the Katherine Rural College in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 19 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420adf8243523_011 Private Leonard Lami-Lami from Goulburn Island skids around a witch's hat during an introduction to quad biking for the Defence Indigenous Development Program's orientation phase at the Katherine Rural College in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100420adf8243523_023 Recruits and soldiers on the Defence Indigenous Development Program smile for the camera during an introduction to quad biking lesson for the program's orientation phase at the Katherine Rural College in the Northern Territory. (Date taken: 20 April 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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