Lieutenant General (LTGEN) Mark Evans, AO, DSC, Chief of Joint Operations visited Australian troops and held high-level meetings with key leaders on recent tour of the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO).
LTGEN Evans held meetings with Commander Regional Command-South (RC-S), Major General (US) Terry and Commander of the Afghanistan National Army’s 205th Hero Corps, General Hamid in Kandahar before having a BBQ dinner with troops at the Australian compound, Camp Baker.
LTGEN Evans met with a number of key International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) leaders at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul. These included office calls with Deputy Commander (DCOMD) ISAF LTGEN Bucknall and COMIJC LTGEN Rodriguez. LTGEN Evans also spent time with the Commander of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) mission to Afghanistan, Mr Jason Williams.
On the last leg of his tour, LTGEN Evans visited Multi-National Base Tarin-Kot (MNB-TK) and spoke to soldiers of the Australian Force Elements. LTGEN Evans was briefed by the Mentoring Task Force-2 Commander, LTCOL Darren Huxley and spoke with the Commander Special Operations Task Group. LTGEN Evans met with Afghan Provincial Chief of Police, Brigadier General Jumar Gul and Commander 4 BDE, Brigadier General Mohammed Zafar Khan.
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General Hamid and Lieutenant General Mark Evans meet at Camp Baker, Kandahar Airfield, during an official visit to Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 13 November 2010)
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General Hamid and Lieutenant General Mark Evans meet at Camp Baker, Kandahar Air Field during an official visit to Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 13 November 2010)
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Lieutenant General Mark Evans Commander of Joint Operations addresses troops from the 2nd Mentoring Task Force during a visit to Tarin Kot, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 15 November 2010)
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Lieutenant General Mark Evans Commander of Joint Operations and Brigadier Don Roach meets with Afghan National Police during a visit to Tarin Kot, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 15 November 2010)
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(L-R) Lieutenant General Mark Evans Commander of Joint Operations, Brigadier Don Roach and Lieutenant Colonel Darren Huxley move to the Afghan National Army compound to meet with Afghan National Army and Police during a visit to Tarin Kot, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 15 November 2010)
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(R-L) Lieutenant General Mark Evans Commander of Joint Operations and Brigadier Don Roach meet with Brigadier General John Uberti in Kabul, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 15 November 2010)
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Commander ISAF Joint Command and Deputy Commander, U.S Forces-Afghanistan, Lieutenant General David Rodriguez with a miniature Australian Light Horseman presented by Lieutenant General Mark Evans Commander of Joint Operations, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 15 November 2010)
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Lieutenant General Mark Evans Commander of Joint Operations (Right) presents Lieutenant General David Rodriguez Commander ISAF Joint Command and Deputy Commander, U.S Forces-Afghanistan with a miniature Australian Light Horseman in Kabul, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 15 November 2010)
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Lieutenant General Mark Evans, Colonel Jim Creighton, Lieutenant Colonel Darren Huxley and Colonel Dennis Malone meet at Poppies with the troops from 2nd Mentoring Task Force in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 15 November 2010)
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Lieutenant General Mark Evans Commander of Joint Operations addresses troops from the 2nd Mentoring Task Force during a visit to Tarin Kot, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 15 November 2010)
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Lieutenant General Mark Evans Commander of Joint Operations meets with the commander of Task Force No Mercy 1-101 Lieutenant Colonel Scott Hasken in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 15 November 2010)
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(R-L) Lieutenant General Mark Evans Commander of Joint Operations, Lieutenant Colonel Darren Huxley and Brigadier Don Roach receive an update on current Afghan National Army operations.
(Date taken: 15 November 2010)
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(R-L) Lieutenant General Mark Evans Chief of Joint Operations meets with Colonel Jim Creighton Commander of Combined Team Uruzgan (CTU) and presents a miniature Light Horseman at the Multinational Base Tarin Kot (MNB-TK), Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 15 November 2010)
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(R-L) Lieutenant General Mark Evans Chief of Joint Operations meets with Colonel Jim Creighton Commander of Combined Team Uruzgan (CTU) and presents a miniature Light Horseman at the Multinational Base Tarin Kot (MNB-TK), Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 15 November 2010)
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(R-L) Lieutenant General Mark Evans Chief of Joint Operations meets with Colonel Jim Creighton Commander of Combined Team Uruzgan (CTU) and presents a miniature Light Horseman at the Multinational Base Tarin Kot (MNB-TK), Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 15 November 2010)
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