Operation CATALYST: Image Gallery
10 August 2006
SECDET 10 trains in Brisbane
Around 100 soldiers from Brisbane’s 2/14 Light Horse Regiment (LHR) Queensland Mounted Infantry (QMI) as well as soldiers from Sydney based 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) and 1st Military Police Battalion (1 MP Bn) are preparing for three weeks of training in the lead-up to deployment as the 10th Security Detachment (SECDET 10), Baghdad, Iraq.
SECDET 10’s training will culminate with an essential urban training phase around Brisbane and the Gold Coast from 9-15 August. Military vehicle movements will increase around Brisbane, Wide Bay area and Gold Coast during the training periods.
Urban training has previously been conducted in Brisbane with units from Brisbane’s 7th Brigade (7 Bde), Sydney’s 3 RAR and 1 MP Bn making significant contributions to SECDET during Operation CATALYST, the Australian Defence Force's contribution to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq.
The simulated urban operations will include military vehicle movements between Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera and Brisbane Airport, Victoria Barracks, 1 Field Regiment’s Southport Depot, and Queensland University Regiment’s Indooroopilly facility.
SECDET provides protection and escort for Australian Government personnel working in the Australian Embassy in Baghdad and Commander 7 Bde, Brigadier Andrew Smith, ADC said that Army greatly appreciates ongoing public support of its training and that SECDET’s preparations are conducted with the support of relevant local government agencies.
| 20060802adf179443_001 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles from the 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) practise patrol drills in Brisbane. (Date taken: 02 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060802adf179443_002 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles from the 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) practise patrol drills in Brisbane. (Date taken: 02 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060802adf179443_003 Corporal Tony Pulliene, from the Sydney-based 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, takes stock of a threat to an Australian Light Armoured Vehilce patrol during training at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane. (Date taken: 02 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060802adf179443_004 Lance Corporal Adam Bent, from Brisbane-based 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry), prepares for Baghdad in a contemporary 'mount' during training with Australian Light Armoured Vehicles at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane's inner north. (Date taken: 02 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060802adf179443_005 Private Christopher Hynd, from the Sydney-based 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, takes up a fire position during Security Detachment training at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane. (Date taken: 02 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060802adf179443_006 Trooper Anthony Booth, from Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment, practises 'dry fire' drills at Gallipoli Barracks, Brisbane, as part of the Baghdad bound Security Detachment 10. (Date taken: 02 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060802adf179443_007 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle from the Brisbane-based 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) patrols during training in Brisbane for the Baghdad bound Security Detachment 10. (Date taken: 02 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060802adf179443_008 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles from the Brisbane-based 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) patrol during training in Brisbane for the Baghdad bound Security Detachment 10. (Date taken: 02 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060802adf179443_010 Diggers from the Sydney-based 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, respond to a 'contact' during training at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane. (Date taken: 02 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060802adf179443_011 Private Ben Arnold from the Sydney-based 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, practices vehicle drills with the Brisbane-based 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) during training at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane. (Date taken: 02 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060802adf179443_012 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles operated by the Brisbane-based 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) wind through Brisbane traffic toward live-fire training at Wide Bay Training Area. (Date taken: 02 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060802adf179443_013 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles operated by the Brisbane-based 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) wind through Brisbane traffic toward live-fire training at Wide Bay Training Area. (Date taken: 02 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060802adf179443_014 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles operated by the Brisbane-based 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) wind through Brisbane traffic toward live-fire training at Wide Bay Training Area. (Date taken: 02 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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