Solomon Islands

12 July 2010
Participants of Exercise Boss Lift and the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program visit villagers

Civilian employers of Defence Force reservists have experienced first-hand the conditions and challenges faced by their employees whilst serving on operations overseas. Twenty employers recently joined their reservist employees currently deployed to the Solomon Islands in support of Operation Anode. Now in its fourth year of operation, Exercise Boss Lift is designed to inform and promote to employers the important tasks being conducted by their reservist employees by providing them with a chance to experience service life in the field via such activities as kit demonstrations, range shoots and base tours. Exercise Boss Lift provides each Operation Anode reserve rotation with the opportunity to showcase the skills they have developed during their service in the Solomon Islands back to their local workplaces in Australia.

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Brigadier Bill Sowry from the Reserve and Employer Support Divison speaks to a local Vatukulau village child in Pigeon English during Exercise Boss Lift in the Solomon Islands.

(Date taken: 07 July 2010)
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Participants of Exercise Boss Lift and the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program listen to the Outreach Program talks in the Vatukulau village, hosted by various organisations within Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI).

(Date taken: 07 July 2010)
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Participants of Exercise Boss Lift and the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program listen to the Outreach Program talks in Vatukulau village, hosted by various organisations within the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI).

(Date taken: 07 July 2010)
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Participants of Exercise Boss Lift visit the Vilu War Museum in the Solomon Islands.

(Date taken: 07 July 2010)
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Participants of Exercise Boss Lift visit the Vilu War Museum in the Solomon Islands.

(Date taken: 07 July 2010)
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Participants of Exercise Boss Lift visit the Vilu War Museum in the Solomon Islands.

(Date taken: 07 July 2010)
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