Operation CATALYST: Image Gallery
17 March 2008
Medics assist at Al Islah
Australian soldiers patrolling eastern Dhi Qar province have conducted a Medical Civil Action Program (MedCAP), providing basic care to hundreds of local people.
Around 200 men, women and children attended the clinic. Army medical staff treated the local people for a range of illnesses and provided medice, medical supplies and vitamins.
The MedCAP was part of a two-day patrol to the town and surrounding countryside where the soldiers monitored security, met community leaders and checked the progress of an electricity transformer project.
The 516 soldiers of Overwatch Battle Group (West) 4 are mostly drawn from units of the Brisbane-based 7th Brigade. The Battle Group is comprised of the headquarters and cavalry squadrons of the 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry), operating Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAVs); and an Infantry company from the 6th Battalion of The Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) operating Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicles (IMVs).
OBG(W) 4 is based at Tallil Air Base from where it undertakes a security overwatch role for Al Muthanna and Dhi Qar Provinces as part of a larger Coalition Force.
The security role supports the Iraqi Security Forces’ (ISF) and Provincial Government’s efforts to build a secure and stable Iraq. In this role OBG(W) 4 undertakes security patrols, develops ISF capabilities and supports reconstruction and rehabilitation projects. OBG(W) 4 operates as part of the Multi National Force - Iraq (MNF - I).
| 20080311adf8246638_019 Soldiers from Overwatch Battle Group (West) 4 on route to the village of Al Islah. (Date taken: 12 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080311adf8246638_055 Private Clinton Jones, aged 22, from Tweed Heads, NSW, takes a rest during a Key Leadership Engagement in the village of Al Islah. Temperatures in Iraq moved from near freezing to nearly 40 degrees celcius in two weeks. (Date taken: 12 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080311adf8246638_116 Private Clinton Jones chats with Ali and Hussan at the village of Al Islah during a Key Leadership Engagement. (Date taken: 12 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080311adf8278790_005 Commanding Officer of Overwatch Battle Group (West)-4 Lieutenant Colonel Chris Websdane chats with Sheik of Beni Malek Al Bsal'h Mohammad Sabri in the village Al Islah, during a Key Leadership Engagement. (Date taken: 12 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080311adf8278790_006 (L-R) Commanding Officer of Overwatch Battle Group (West) 4 Lieutenant Colonel Chris Websdane with Sheik of Beni Malek Al Bsal'h Mohammad Sabri in the village Al Islah during a Key Leadership Engagement. (Date taken: 12 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080312adf8246638_008 Warrant Officer ClassTwo Scott Allen carrying medical supplies for the Australian Medical Civil Action Program at the Al Islah Medical centre. (Date taken: 12 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080312adf8246638_031 Lance Corporal Danny Whitehead (left) and Major Christopher Cunneen, the Overwatch Battle Group (West)-4 Doctor from Bay Side, Brisbane, treat an Iraqi man at the Al Islah medical centre during the Medical Civil Action Program. (Date taken: 12 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080312adf8246638_054 Major Christopher Cunneen, the Overwatch Battle Group (West)-4 Doctor, treats an Iraqi man at the Al Islah medical centre during the Medical Civil Action Program. (Date taken: 12 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080312adf8246638_056 Lance Corporal Danny Whitehead, aged 29, from Urana in NSW, assesses an Iraqi man at the Al Islah medical centre during the Medical Civil Action Program. (Date taken: 12 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080312adf8246638_075 Young Iraqi boys chat with Private Ryan Karas from the Overwatch Battle Group (West )-4 outside the Al Islah clinic during the Australian Medical Civil Action Program. (Date taken: 12 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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