Image Gallery 2006
27 November 2006
Skill at Arms competition
Operation ASTUTE is the Australian Government's response to a request from the Government of Timor-Leste to assist in restoring peace to their country.
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has deployed to Timor-Leste with a mission to assist the Government and the United Nations to bring stability, security and confidence to the Timorese to allow them to resolve their differences democratically and peacefully.
Following a general improvement in the security situation and the establishment of a comprehensive commercial logistic support contract, logistic elements of the ADF no longer required for these duties have returned to Australia, leaving about 925 ADF personnel in Timor-Leste. This force will remain in Timor-Leste continuing to provide a robust response capability to support the International Police.
International police from Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and the Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) from Portugal, provide security in Dili. The ADF provides support to these police operations as required.
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is working alongside the ADF to assist with this mission.
| 20061119adf8239716_003 Operation ASTUTE, ANZAC Battle Group's Call sign 0A and part of the Regimental Police Section are in full flight at the start of the Skill at Arms competition held at Tacitolu 100metre range just outside Dili, Timor - Leste. (Date taken: 19 November 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061119adf8239716_004 Operation ASTUTE, ANZAC Battle Group's Call sign 0A and part of the Regimental Police Section at the first stand which they are required to field strip their personal weapons as a section, before being release to run to the next stand in the Skill at Arms competition held at Tacitolu 100metre range just outside Dili, Timor - Leste. (Date taken: 19 November 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061119adf8239716_011 Operation ASTUTE, ANZAC Battle Group's New Zealand contingent 2/1 Battalion, 3 Land Forces Group,Combat Services Supply Team section field stip their weapons, Private Susan Snowdon was one of only two females to compete in the Skill at Arms competition held at Tacitolu 100metre range just outside Dili, Timor - Leste. (Date taken: 19 November 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061119adf8239716_014 Operation ASTUTE, ANZAC Battle Group's New Zealand contingent 2/1 Battalion, 3 Land Forces Group,Delta Company section member reassemble their weapons which proved a challenge after a 650 metre run in a gas mask on the fouth stand on the Skill at Arms competition held at Tacitolu 100metre range just outside Dili, Timor - Leste. (Date taken: 19 November 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061119adf8239716_015 Operation ASTUTE, ANZAC Battle Group's Alpha Company, 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment's Private S. Cadzow feels the intense heat at the end of the Skill at Arms competition held at Tacitolu 100 metre range just outside Dili, Timor - Leste. Alpha Company were the overall winners on the day and received the hand carved trophy consigned and presented to the Skill at Arms Competition by the New Zealand Contingent on Operation ASTUTE. (Date taken: 19 November 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061119adf8239716_016 Operation ASTUTE, ANZAC Battle Group's Alpha Company, 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment's Section Commander Corporal A. Hughes (standing) assist his section second in command, Lance Corporal D. Johnston with identifying the items of the Kims Game on the Skill at Arms competition held at Tacitolu 100 metre range just outside Dili, Timor - Leste. Alpha Company were the overall winners on the day and received the hand carved trophy consigned and presented to the Skill at Arms Competition by the New Zealand Contingent on Operation ASTUTE. (Date taken: 19 November 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061119adf8239716_017 Operation ASTUTE, ANZAC Battle Group's Alpha Company, 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment's Private B.Clarke puts rounds down range on the 100metre shoot stand on the Skill at Arms competition held at Tacitolu 100 metre range just outside Dili, Timor - Leste. Alpha Company were the overall winners on the day and received the hand carved trophy consigned and presented to the Skill at Arms Competition by the New Zealand Contingent on Operation ASTUTE. (Date taken: 19 November 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061119adf8239716_018 Operation ASTUTE, ANZAC Battle Group's Alpha Company, 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment's Private D. Gibson holds up his filled magazine, which indicates the stopping of time for the run, prior to 100 metre shoot on the Skill at Arms competition held at Tacitolu 100metre range just outside Dili, Timor - Leste. Alpha Company were the overall winners on the day and received the hand carved trophy consigned and presented to the Skill at Arms Competition by the New Zealand Contingent on Operation ASTUTE. (Date taken: 19 November 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061119adf8239716_022 Operation ASTUTE, ANZAC Battle Group's New Zealand contingent 2/1 Battalion, 3 Land Forces Group,Delta Company. The section work together as a team to work through the toughest part of the course on the 650 metre run in a gas mask on the fouth stand on the Skill at Arms competition held at Tacitolu 100metre range just outside Dili, Timor - Leste. (Date taken: 19 November 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20061120adf8239716_010 The Minister for Defence,The Honourable Doctor Brendan Nelson presents a New Zealand hand carved, traditional war club consigned by the New Zealand contingient on Operation ASTUTE to be awarded to the winning section of the Skill At Arms competition. The winners were the Battle Group's Alpha Company 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. (L-R) Private B.Clarke,Private S Nolan, Private D.Gibson,Private S.Cadzow, (with trophy) Section Commander Corporal A. Hughes, Private K. Leong,The Minister for Defence, The Honourable Doctor Brendan Nelson, Section 2IC Lance Corporal D. Johnson,Private L.Downing and Private D. Robinson. (Date taken: 20 November 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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