Image Gallery 2009
06 July 2009
Boss Lift
Employers of the Army Reservists currently deployed to Solomon Islands on Operation ANODE have taken the opportunity to see for themselves what life is really like for their employees currently serving the nation overseas, as part of the Australian Defence Force’s Boss Lift program.
The ADF’s Boss Lift program is designed to inform and promote to employers and the broader community the training, skills and capabilities that reservists bring to the civilian workplace.
Boss Lift activities provide participants with first hand experience of the type of work and training their civilian employees undertake when rendering Defence Reserve service. Boss Lift promotes an employer environment sympathetic to the release of Reservists to meet ADF operational and capability needs.
Operation ANODE is the name of the 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, economic governance, and improving the machinery of government.
Rotation 18 of Operation ANODE is mainly drawn from 4 Brigade in Victoria. They arrived in Solomon Islands in March 2009 shortly after assisting in Operation Vic Fires Assist.
The military component of RAMSI is comprised of personnel from four troop-contributing nations - Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga. The main task for the military component is to provide security for RAMSI's multinational Participating Police Force (PPF) who work alongside the Royal Solomon Islands Police in maintaining law and order.
| 20090704adf8208022_051 Private Daniel Lees helps his civilian employer, Ms Lou Callan to don Combat Body Armour with the assistance of Private Kristine Witty. (Date taken: 30 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_057 Private Kristine Witty helps Ms Lou Callan into some Combat Body Armour during a Boss lift visit to Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 30 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_069 Corporal Alfonso Lai watches as his civilian employer, Terry Kimpton of Metropolitan Fire Brigade, feels the weight of Combat Body Armour during Exercise Boss Lift visit to Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 30 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_099 Lance Corporal Andrew Sleeman talks about the communication systems in use by Australian troops deployed to Solomon Islands during the recent Boss Lift visit. (Date taken: 30 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_150 Captain John Pearse shows his civilian employer, Michael Kus of Avionics 2000, how to live in the field during Exercise Boss Lift visit to Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 30 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_186 Army reporter, Warrant Officer Graeme McBean, interviews Andrew Tait, Victorian Police and his employer Lance Corporal Chris Henry during Exercise Boss Lift. (Date taken: 30 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_195 Lance Corporal Chris Henry shares a ration pack with his civilian employer Andrew Tait in Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 30 June 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_213 Captain John Pearse coaches his civilian boss Michael Kuss in the correct holding techniques for the F-88 Austeyr during a range shoot in Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_219 Lance Corporal Kevin Farrell watches as Jack Smorgon, National Chair Defence Reserve Support Council, fires the F-88 Austeyr in Solomon Islands (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_230 Corporal Alfono Lai watches Garry Davis, Australian Taxation Office fires the F-89 Minimi in Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_284 Lieutenant Alister Martin and civilian employer Dan Trimble watch a traditional dance performed by Solomon Islanders. (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_328 Boss Lift participants watch a Population Protection Control (PPC) demonstration put on by their employees deployed in support of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI). (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_331 Reserve soldiers on rotation 18 put on a Population Protection Control demonstration for their civilian bosses during Boss Lift in Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_356 Lance Corporal Alex Ilyin helps his civilian boss, Mr Vincenzo Pegan into some combat webbing. (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_403 Soldiers maintain a perimeter while Boss Lift participants are introduced to fieldcraft during their visit to Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_469 Private James Duncan shows his civlian boss Deanne Riddington,the finer points of fieldcraft. (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_508 A soldier demonstrates the use of the M203 40mm Grenade Launcher Attachment to Boss Lift participants in Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_515 Reserve soldiers guide their civilian employers through a live fire of the F-88 Austyer at the range in Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_607 Locals entertain Boss Lift participants prior to a village feast in Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_620 Local children entertain Boss Lift participants in Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090704adf8208022_623 Solomon Island children welcome Boss Lift participants to a village feast in Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 04 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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