Image Gallery 2007
15 November 2007
Uplifting time for bosses in Solomons
Employers with Exercise Boss Lift had the opportunity to stay in the forward operating bases of their Reservist employees, getting a taste of life as a member Operation ANODE in the Solomon Islands.
Sleeping out with the soldiers overnight, the employers were picked up and taken on a Tour to the Rove Prison Base before moving to Maritime Headquarters in Downtown Honiara for lunch.
The group then travelled to Red beach, the site of the American landings on Guadalcanal in 1942, to witness a demonstration of equipment and fire arms currently used by soldiers in the Australian Army. Under close supervision, the employers were able to try the weapons, firing at the range set up for personnel with RAMSI.
Exercise Boss Lift from the 8-13 of November is giving employers of Army Reservists serving in the Solomon Islands, a chance to see and experience the work that is being performed with Operation ANODE, 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.
| 20071110adf8262658_005 Happy friendly Australian Army medics in Solomon Islands (L-R) Private Joanne Read and Private Kate Hawkins, as they set off to check on the health of other soldiers around the nearby Forward Operating Bases in Honiara. (Date taken: 12 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071110adf8262658_041 Lance Corporal David Horbenko, from the 10th/27th Battalion Royal South Australia Regiment, waits for his civilian employer to arrive at Honiara Internation Airport at Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 12 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071110adf8262658_041 Private Steven Archibald, of Melbourne with the 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment, looks through one of the last structures left on Red Beach after civil unrest on Guadalcanal. (Date taken: 12 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071112adf8262658_102 Private Joss Dobrzynski, of Maylands (SA) with the 10th/27th Battalion Royal South Australia Regiment, patrols near a house abandoned during civil unrest near Red Beach on Guadalcanal. (Date taken: 12 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071112adf8262658_274 Mr Peter Ryan of Berwick (Vic) and proprietor of Morundah Garden Supplies visiting Exercise Boss Lift, tries on an Australian Army issued field pack, normally worn by Infantry Rifleman Private Robert Trewartha with the 8th/7th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment (RVR), at the Forward Operating Base near Rove Prison in Honiara. (Date taken: 12 November 2007 ) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071112adf8262658_347 Infantry Rifleman, Corporal Peter Glynn, with the 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment (RVR), shows Mrs Maria Vikraman of Footscray, from Vikraman Pty Ltd visiting Operation ANODE with Exercise Boss Lift, the basic skills of operating the F89 Minimi at the Red Beach Range on Guadalcanal. (Date taken: 12 November 2007 ) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071112adf8262658_389 Australian Army Medic Joanne Read, of Wangarrata with the 4th Combat Supply Battalion, checks her medical supplies at Red Beach on Guadalcanal. (Date taken: 12 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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