Image Gallery 2006
04 September 2006
Images from Operation ASTUTE
Operation ASTUTE is the Australian Government's response to assist the Government of Timor Leste. The Joint Task Force is providing security and stability, has facilitated the evacuation of Australian and other approved foreign nationals, and is creating a secure environment for the conduct of successful dialogue to resolve the current crisis.
Approximately 1100 Australian Defence Force personnel are directly supporting the Australian Defence Force Response to the situation in Dili.
The Operation includes components from the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force, working with other Australian Government agencies and elements from the New Zealand and Malaysian Defence Forces, as well as an arm of the Portuguese Police, the GNR, to assist the Government of Timor Leste to restore peace.
| 20060825adf8237482_123 Vice Chief of the Defence Force Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie, AO, DSC, CSM, awards a Chief of Defence Force Commendation to Major Mick Stone, a self-taught fluent Tetum speaker whose skills proved invaluable during Operation ASTUTE. (Date taken: 29 August 2006) low-res | high-res |
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| 20060825adf8237482_126 Vice Chief of the Defence Force Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie, AO, DSC, CSM, awards a Chief of Defence Force Commendation to Major Mick Stone, a self-taught fluent Tetum speaker whose skills proved invaluable during Operation ASTUTE. (Date taken: 29 August 2006) low-res | high-res |
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| 20060825adf8237482_128 Vice Chief of the Defence Force Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie, AO, DSC, CSM, awards a Chief of Defence Force Commendation to Major Mick Stone, a self-taught fluent Tetum speaker whose skills proved invaluable during Operation ASTUTE. (Date taken: 29 August 2006) low-res | high-res |
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| 20060825adf8237482_130 Vice Chief of the Defence Force Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie, AO, DSC, CSM, addresses Australian personnel on Operation ASTUTE in Timor Leste. (Date taken: 29 August 2006) low-res | high-res |
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| 20060825adf8237482_131 Major Mick Stone, a self-taught fluent Tetum speaker, proudly displays his Chief of Defence Force commendation, awarded during a visit by Vice Chief of the Defence Force Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie, AO, DSC, CSM. (Date taken: 29 August 2006) low-res | high-res |
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