Image Gallery 2010

01 April 2010
Sarregin Patrol in the Mirabad Valley

Community engagement was the order of the day for soldiers of the First Mentoring Task Force (MTF1) when they recently patrolled in the Mirabad Valley area with MTF1 commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jason Blain.

The patrol through Sarregin village was designed to enhance the relationship between Australian troops and local farmers by providing an opportunity to informally chat about local conditions.

The soldiers were well received by the local farmers who pointed out that they welcome regular patrols as they helped deter insurgents in the area.

Patrols of this nature have become commonplace for the troops of MTF1 as they continue to build relationships with local populations in the province.

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(L-R) Major Garrath Williams, Commanding Officer of the First Mentoring Task Force, Lieutenant Colonel Jason Blain and Major Paul Duncan prepare to patrol in the Mirabad Valley Region at Patrol Base Atiq.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Commanding Officer of the First Mentoring Task Force, Lieutenant Colonel Jason Blain crosses an aqueduct in Sarregin, a village in the Mirabad Valley Region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Officers and soldiers of the First Mentoring Task Force, patrol across a wheat field in the village of Sarregin.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Major Paul Duncan from the First Mentoring Task Force, patrols ankle deep in the green zone of Sarregin in the Mirabad Valley Region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Spring Time - Private Daniel Rutherford from the First Mentoring Task Force, on patrol in the village of Sarregin in the Mirabad Valley Region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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(L-R) Commanding Officer of the First Mentoring Task Force, Lieutenant Colonel Jason Blain receives a brief

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Major Paul Duncan from the First Mentoring Task Force, says g'day to the local farmers as he patrols in the green zone of Sarregin in the Mirabad Valley Region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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(L-R) Commanding Officer of the First Mentoring Task Force, Lieutenant Colonel Jason Blain, Corporal David Bower, Regimental Sergeant Major of the First Mentoring Task Force, Warrant Officer Class One, Stephan Colman and Major Garrath Williams discus the security situation around the village of Sarregin in the Mirabad Valley Region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Private Daniel Rutherford from the First Mentoring Task Force, takes a well earned break in a field of young wheat in the green zone of Sarregin, Mirabad Valley Region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Lance Corporal Nathan Murray and (rear) Corporal David Bower from the First Mentoring Task Force, provide security along a river of Sarregin, in the Mirabad Valley Region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Corporal David Bower from the First Mentoring Task Force, provides security for the local farmers of Sarregin, in the Mriabad Valley Region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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(L-R) Private Daniel Rutherford and Major Green from the First Mentoring Task Force, chat with some local Afghan children of Sarregin.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Regimental Sergeant Major of the First Mentoring Task Force, Warrant Officer Class One, Stephan Colman chats with some children of Sarregin.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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(L-R) Privates Andrew Melrose and Michael Shoebridge from the First Mentoring Task Force, provide security along a river in Sarregin

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Local Afghan farmers busy working their fields in the village of Sarregin.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Captain Brendan Perkins from the First Mentoring Task Force, patrols in the green zone of Sarregin in the Mirabad Valley Region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Captain Myles Conquest from the First Mentoring Task Force, on patrol in the village of Sarregin in the Mirabad Valley Region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Soldiers of the First Mentoring Task Force, patrol across fields of wheat in Sarregin.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Gunner Lyle Kitchiner from the First Mentoring Task Force, patrols across the green zone of Sarregin in the Mirabad Valley region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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(L-R) Major Garrath Williams and Captain Brendan Perkins from the First Mentoring Task Force, patrol past some local farmers in the green zone of Sarregin in the Mirabad Valley Region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Major Garrath Williams from the First Mentoring Task Force, patrols in the green zone of Sarregin a village of the Mirabad Valley Region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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Gunner Lyle Kitchiner from the First Mentoring Task Force, provides security to Major Garrath Williams and Captain Brendan Perkins from the First Mentoring Task Force, before crossing an aqueduct in Sarregin, a village in the Mirabad Valley Region.

(Date taken: 12 March 2010)
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