Image Gallery: October 2010
12 October 2010
3rd Battalion Drop in to Exercise Hamel
Two-hundred-and-twenty paratroopers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, dropped in to Exercise Hamel 2010, the most complex training activity ever undertaken by the Australian Army.
Major Giles Cornelia, Operations Officer Third Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, said the parachute insertion demonstrated the capability of the Australian Army’s Airborne Combat Team.
“The significance of this jump is that it demonstrates the operational readiness of the Airborne Combat Team to operate in the defense of Australia and its interests,” Major Cornelia said.
Exercise Hamel 2010 involves 6000 personnel from the Army, Navy and Air Force and is designed to enhance the Army’s ability to fight and operate in a modern, complex battlespace.
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Troops from 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment parachute from a Royal Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules at Charters Towers during Exercise Hamel.
(Date taken: 12 October 2010)
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Troops from 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment parachute from a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster at Charters Towers during Exercise Hamel.
(Date taken: 12 October 2010)
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Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment sort out equipment after parachuting in to Charters Towers during Exercise Hamel.
(Date taken: 12 October 2010)
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Private Logan Watson, 21, from Bravo Company of the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment provides security while others signal with a panel marker during Exercise Hamel.
(Date taken: 12 October 2010)
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(From L-R) Sapper Kerry Kourpanidis and Aaron Cornwall from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment provide security while a Landrover is being refurbished after being successfully inserted by parachute during Exercise Hamel.
(Date taken: 12 October 2010)
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Troops from 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment parachute from a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster at Charters Towers during Exercise Hamel.
(Date taken: 12 October 2010)
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Troops from 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment parachute from a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster at Charters Towers during Exercise Hamel.
(Date taken: 12 October 2010)
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