Operation ANODE: Image Gallery
20 April 2006
Support to Operation ANODE.
110 Infantry troops from the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment have deployed to the Solomon Islands to ensure the ongoing success of the Regional Assistance Mission.
The troops departed this afternoon on four C-130 Hercules Aircraft from RAAF Base Townsville.
Operation ANODE is the name of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) contribution to the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI). RAMSI's assistance is known as Operation HELPEM FREN (Pidgin English for 'Helping Friend'). RAMSI's mission is to assist the Solomon Islands' Government in restoring law and order.
The military component of RAMSI comprises of personnel from five troop contributing nations. They are; Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Tonga. The main task for the military component is to provide security for RAMSI's multinational Participating Police Force.
| 20060419adf8239716_0018 Soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment board Australian Airforce aircraft from Townsville for Honiara in the Solomon Islands to assist the Australian Federal Police with the civil unrest within the country. (Date taken: 20 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060419adf8239716_0025 Soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment on the C-130 Hercules Aircraft from Townsville for Honiara in the Solomon Islands to assist the Australian Federal Police with the civil unrest. (Date taken: 20 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060419adf8239716_0028 Lieutenant Colonel Andy Galaway, Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment leads his men on departure from RAAF Base Townsville to Honiara in the Solomon Islands to assist the Australian Federal Police with the civil unrest. (Date taken: 20 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060419adf8239716_0036 Chaplin Stephen Brooks offers a prayer to the contingent of Delta Company, 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment prior their flight from Townsville to Honiara in the Solomon Island. (Date taken: 20 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060419adf8239716_0037 Private Richard Allen, Delta Company 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment checks his equipment prior deployment to the Solomon Island. (Date taken: 20 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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