Image Gallery 2010

15 March 2010
Food For Thought

One of the many ADF assets located at the Multinational Base Tarin Kot (MNB-TK) is the Forces Support Team., which provides logistical support to the First Mentoring Task Force (MTF-1) as well as the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG).

Forces Support Team Tarin Kot (FST-TK) responsibilities include catering, base maintenance, cargo movement to and from the aircraft flight-line, environmental health, mail, administrative and stores support, ammunition storage, and support to air movements in and out of MNB-TK.

There are a number of dining facilities at MNB-TK and FST is responsible for catering to the main dining facility, which feeds up to 2,000 troops and support personnel during each of the three meal sittings per day. FST also provides army cooks to the MTF1 patrol bases located throughout Tarin Kot, Chorah, Baluchi, and Mirabad.

Catering to the many troops in TK is a round-the-clock job for the military staff and contractors. Approximately 12,000 kilograms of meat and 14,000 to 16,000 kilograms of fresh fruit, vegetables and eggs are prepared every week.

Fresh produce, eggs and Dutch specialty foods are air-freighted into Tarin Kot to ensure the best possible quality while frozen foods such as meat, dry goods, and water are road-freighted.

Statistically, the Australian TK Military Post Office may be one of the busiest post offices per capita in the world with over 1.5 tons of mail and over 100 bags of parcels processes every week.

The lone postie works twelve hours a day seven days a week to ensure that the Australian troops receive the love from home and to ensure that the soldiers mail makes it home.

The FST includes an Officer in Command, operations personnel, administration personnel, psychologists, drivers, terminal operators, quartermaster staff, air dispatch personnel, tradesmen, plant operators, a postie, environmental health staff, cooks, and ammunition technicians.

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"Touch Down" A Royal Australian Airforce C-17 arrives at Multinational Base Tarin Kot with a load of supplies for the Force Support Team to sort.

(Date taken: 08 January 2010)
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Force Support Team personnel load another international cargo plane.

(Date taken: 13 February 2010)
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It's a team effort as (L-R) Corporal Shaun Byrnes helps Leading Aircraftwoman Anne Strode with another pallet of bags at Multinational Base Tarin Kot.

(Date taken: 27 February 2010)
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Always on the move, Corporal Shaun Byrnes from Force Support Unit at Multinational Base Tarin Kot.

(Date taken: 27 February 2010)
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Strapping down the last of it, Corporal Shaun Byrnes from Force Support Unit, prepares a load for a C-130 Hercules at Multinational Base Tarin Kot.

(Date taken: 27 February 2010)
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(L-R) Captain Andrew Welch posts a package home with the help of Corporal Jason Meersbergen, the Tarin Kot postie.

(Date taken: 02 March 2010)
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(L-R) Warrant Officer Class Two Jan Fleming and Corporal Catherine Deeks, are the administration team at Force Support Team - Tarin Kot.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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Guiding a ton of mail, Leading Aircraftwoman Nikki Helbig guides Leading Aircraftwoman Anne Strode to the post office loading dock.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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Leading Aircraftwoman Nikki Helbig gives a helping hand with the incoming mail.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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Another ton of mail from Australia for the troops in Uruzgan.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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(L-R) Corporal Nellie Awad hands Leading Aircraftwoman Anne Strode a care package from Australia.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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Corporal Jason Meersbergen the Tarin Kot postie, is lent a helping hand from (L-R) Corporal Nellie Awad, Leading Aircraftwoman Taniel Loasby and Corporal Catherine Deeks.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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It's all loaves and fishes for Corporal George Muir as he sets the bread supply with Tarin Kot Supreme Dining Hall Manager, Mudassar.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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Giant spoon in hand (L-R) Head Chef Tex Walker, Sergeant Peter Castle and Indra prepare another lunch at the Dining Hall.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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Just cook us some eggs, Private Ian Harris and Rabrindra prepare a protein boost for the troops at the Dining Hall.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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Nothing poultry about it, Lance Corporal Nathan Murdock prepares chicken pieces for lunch with Surender at the Dining Hall.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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That's just about right, Private Joel Day checks the temperature of roasted chicken pieces with Ramsing at the Dining Hall.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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Warrant Officer Class Two Nicole Smith receives a catering order from Sergeant Karel from the Royal Neverlands Army.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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All in a day's work, Sapper Glendon Burns a chippy from the Camp Maintenance Team on the job in Tarin Kot.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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Proud chippy, Sapper Glendon Burns of the Camp Maintenance Team stops for a photo outside his workshop.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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Precision guidance, Leading Aircraftman Cory Jecks and Corporal Timothy Broughill guide a fork lift under cargo at Force Support Team Headquarters.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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Corporal Timothy Broughill lashes down the cargo during palletising for delivery back to Australia.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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Stocktaking in the quaretermaster store, (L-R) Lance Corporal Evan Gudge and Private Aaron Myers.

(Date taken: 06 March 2010)
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Lieutenant Andrew Laing briefs his soldiers at the rifle range before conducting a live fire shoot.

(Date taken: 07 March 2010)
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A burst of three hits at the target for Lance Corporal Nathan Murdock at the 100m range.

(Date taken: 07 March 2010)
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Lying Prone Unsupported, Leading Aircraftwoman Taniel Loasby at the 100m range.

(Date taken: 07 March 2010)
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Rounds down range, Leading Aircraftwoman Taniel Loasby at the 100m range.

(Date taken: 07 March 2010)
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