Solomon Islands

10 March 2010
Exercise Boss Lift

Civilian employers of Army reservists currently deployed to the Solomon Islands have reunited with their employees on Exercise Boss Lift. Nineteen Bosses have taken the opportunity to see what life is like for their staff, who are serving their nation as part of Operation Anode. Exercise Boss Lift, now in its 7th year of operation, is designed to inform and promote to employers the important tasks being carried out by the Army Reserve. It provides participants with first hand experience of service life, including range shoots, school visits, kit demonstrations and a tour of the main operating base. The exercise is the first of 2010, running from March 1-4 2010.

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Exercise Boss Lift participants were treated to singing by local school children with special needs at the Red Cross Special Development Centre For Children.

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Exercise Boss Lift and Army Personnel take turns explaining to local children with special needs where they are from in Australia and what they do.

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Special needs children from the Red Cross Special Developement Centre For Children near Honiara, put on a show for Exercise Boss Lift participants.

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Mr Marcus Blackmore, Chairman of Blackmores Limited and now Deputy Chairman of Defence Reserves Support Council, talks to Army Reservists Corporal Kirsten Lewis (Left) and Private Kellie Betts (Right) about their deployment in the Solomons.

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Mr Marcus Blackmore, Chairman of Blackmores Limited and now Deputy Chairman of Defence Reserves Support Council, talks to Army Reservists Corporal Kirsten Lewis (Left) and Private Kellie Betts (Right) about their deployment in the Solomons.

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Exercise Boss Lift participant, Cherie Snelgar and Army Reservists Private Jannette Payne and Private Kellie Betts, talk with three of the female students from the Red Cross Special Development Centre for Children near Honiara.

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Exercise Boss Lift Participant Mrs Kerry Burke, Austal Ships Executive Manager- Human Resources speaks with students and teachers at the Red Cross Special Development Centre for Children.

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Mr Steve Smith, Co-ordinater Employer and Industry Engagement, poses for a photo with two of the students from the Red Cross Special Development Centre for Children near Honiara.

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Australian Army Reservists Major Paul Coventry, Lieutentant Brett Fowler and Sergeant Robert Wilson with their civilian employers from the West Australian Police Force (L-R) Kevin Looby, Wayne Hawes and Ian Thomas.

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Exercise Boss Lift participants pose for a photo on the final day in the Solomon Islands.

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