After spending three weeks training at RAAF Richmond's No. 1 Combat Communication Squadron (1CCS), students of TACTCOMMS course 0039 deployed to the Singleton Training Area in New South Wales to consolidate their knowledge in a tactical field environment.
Having travelled from RAAF bases all over Australia to participate in the course, the students were kitted out with their packs, webbing and F88 Steyrs before disappearing into the bush to set up and operate Tactical Air Command Posts (TACP) and smaller satellite radio communication posts known as 'Step Ups'.
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Students of Tactical Communications (TACTCOMMS) course 0039 don their packs and prepare to move out with 6x6 and 4x4 Land Rovers to their first Tactical Air Command Post (TACP) site.
(Date taken: 28 May 2010)
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Flying Officer Christopher Leedham tapes a cable to the guide ropes of a master antenna mast he had just helped erect. The antenna mast was used to create a simulated headquarters with which students on Tactical Communications (TACTCOMMS) course 0039 could communicate with.
(Date taken: 28 May 2010)
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Aircraftman Andrew Woods, a Communications & Information System Controller with No. 1 Combat Communications Squadron (1CCS), performs a radio check with Tactical Communications (TACTCOMMS) Course 0039 students operating a Tactical Air Command Post (TACP).
(Date taken: 29 May 2010)
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(L-R) Aircraftman Daniel Neu and Corporal Erik Ambrose operate the radios and computer terminal in a Tactical Air Command Post (TACP) tent specifically designed to prevent any light escaping, which would give away the sites position in a tactical environment.
(Date taken: 29 May 2010)
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Aircraftman Daniel Neu puts on a smile for the camera while ankle deep in water in his Tactical Air Command Post (TACP) defensive pit.
(Date taken: 29 May 2010)
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Aircraftman Andrew Lucarelli keeps an eye on the bush as a Landrover 6x6 'Parakeet' lumbers by in transit from one Tactical Air Command Post (TACP) site to another.
(Date taken: 29 May 2010)
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Students of Tactical Communications (TACTCOMMS) course 0039 swarm over and around a Landrover 6x6 'Parakeet' in an effort to transform it into a Tactical Air Command Post (TACP) as quickly as possible.
(Date taken: 29 May 2010)
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Aircraftman James Sanderson supervises as fellow Tactical Communications (TACTCOMMS) course 0039 students unload a Land Rover 6x6 'Parakeet'.
(Date taken: 29 May 2010)
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Flying Officer Alex Barbaro is all smiles despite the gloomy weather as he sets out to a new Tactical Air Command Post (TACP) site.
(Date taken: 31 May 2010)
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Flying Officer Alex Barbaro marches through the pouring rain alongside a Land Rover 6x6 'Parakeet' as it ambles to a new Tactical Air Command Post (TACP) site.
(Date taken: 31 May 2010)
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Tactical Communications (TACTCOMMS) course 0039 students escort a Land Rover 6x6 'Parakeet' through the rain as it makes its way to a Tactical Air Command Post (TACP) site.
(Date taken: 31 May 2010)
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Corporal Fritz Ongsansoy trudges up the track towards a Tactical Air Command Post (TACP) site.
(Date taken: 31 May 2010)
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Leading Aircraftman Justin Mowat helps to set up a defensive perimeter around a Land Rover 6x6 'Parakeet' immediately after arriving at a site to be used for a Tactical Air Command Post (TACP).
(Date taken: 31 May 2010)
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Aircraftman Andrew Lucarelli scans for enemy soldiers after a simulated sniper attack on members of Tactical Communications (TACTCOMMS) course 0039 and their vehicle.
(Date taken: 31 May 2010)
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Aircraftman Josh Siviour scans for a sniper that attacked his fellow Tactical Communications (TACTCOMMS) course mates during an enemy attack scenario.
(Date taken: 31 May 2010)
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Aircraftman James Sanderson blasts out target indications to surrounding defensive pits during a simulated enemy attack against a Tactical Air Command Post (TACP).
(Date taken: 01 June 2010)
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Corporal Luke Bellgrove makes the most of the dense scrub at the Singleton Training Area to stay concealed during an attack scenario against Tactical Communications (TACTCOMMS) students.
(Date taken: 01 June 2010)
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Tactical Communications (TACTCOMMS) course 0039 students man their pits in defence of the Tactical Air Command Post (TACP) they had been tasked in operating.
(Date taken: 01 June 2010)
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Tactical Communications (TACTCOMMS) course 0039 students man their pits in defence of the Tactical Air Command Post (TACP) they had been tasked in operating.
(Date taken: 01 June 2010)
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Aircraftman Josh Siviour stays aware of his surroundings while performing a clearing patrol in search of an enemy force which had attacked the Tactical Air Command Post (TACP) he was defending.
(Date taken: 01 June 2010)
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Just glad to be off his feet, Aircraftman Nicholas Wall cleans his F88 Steyr after a hard day on the Singleton Training Range.
(Date taken: 01 June 2010)
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A Land Rover 110 displaying the No. 1 Combat Communication Squadron (1CCS) logo.
(Date taken: 01 June 2010)
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