Image Gallery 2010
25 September 2010
MINDEF visits our troops in Afghanistan
Whilst conducting his first overseas tour as the Defence Minister, Stephen Smith MP visited Australian troops in Afghanistan to gain a better understanding of conditions on the ground and to thank the troops for their enormous efforts.
Minister Smith met with Australian personnel based at Multi National Tarin Kot and, later, moved by helicopter to visit those forward-based at Patrol Base Razaq in the Deh Rawud district.
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Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith MP, thanks soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group at Multi National Base Tarin Kot for their continuing efforts in supporting the ISAF mission.
(Date taken: 24 September 2010)
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Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith MP (2nd from right), accompanied by the Chief of Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston (right), talks with Mentoring Task Force soldiers based at Patrol Base Razaq in the Deh Rawud region.
(Date taken: 24 September 2010)
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Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith MP (right), tours Multi National Base Tarin Kot with Commander Joint Task Force 633, Major General John Cantwell (left).
(Date taken: 24 September 2010)
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A coalition UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter prepares to land at Patrol Base Razaq with the Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith MP, on board.
(Date taken: 24 September 2010)
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Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith MP, disembarks from a coalition UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter after arriving at Patrol Base Razaq in the Deh Rawud region to meet with Australian soldiers.
(Date taken: 24 September 2010)
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