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18 September 2006
AUSSIE RECONSTRUCTION TASK FORCE ON THE GROUND
A contingent of some 200 Australian Defence Personnel have arrived in Afghanistan as part of Netherlands-led Provincial Reconstruction Team under the NATO International Security Assistance Force’s Stage III expansion into Southern Afghanistan.
Australia’s contribution, known as the Reconstruction Task Force (RTF), will be a mix of engineers and security personnel deployed to Afghanistan for up to 2 years and will work on reconstruction and community-based projects as part of Australia’s commitment to assisting Afghanistan achieve a stable and secure future.
The small Australian contingent is the RTF advance party and will be working in Afghanistan preparing the camp, conducting planning for RTF construction and trade training projects, and setting up the logistics supply chain for when the main body arrives later in the year.
The majority of the task force is drawn from the Darwin area and made up of personnel from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment based in Darwin which will provide combat engineers and tradesmen (carpenters, plumbers, electricians and plant operators) that will undertake the majority of the RTF’s construction activities. This will include skills training for the local population to ensure the benefits of the deployment continue well after our personnel have returned home.
The Australian protective force for the RTF is being provided by the Brisbane based Motorised Infantry of the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, equipped with ‘Bushmaster vehicles, 5/7 RAR also with the bushmaster and the Darwin based 2nd Cavalry Regiment with ASLAV light armoured vehicles. Command, logistics and support elements have come from the Darwin based 1st Brigade
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| 20060827adf8243092_090 In the wide open spaces of Afghanistan an Australian forklift moves pallets from a recently landed aircraft. (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060827adf8243092_108 Australian Reconstruction Task Force soldiers prepare to unload Australian Bushmaster armoured vehicles from a USAF C17 Aircraft. (Date taken: 28 August2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060827adf8243092_146 Australian First Reconstruction Task Force soldiers prepare to unload an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) from inside a USAF C17 Aircraft (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060827adf8243092_149 A USAF air despatcher releases the chains on an Australian First Reconstruction Task Force Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) from inside a USAF C17 Aircraft (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060827adf8243092_159 Caption:An Australian First Reconstruction Task Force soldiers drives his Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) from inside a USAF C17 Aircraft (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060830adf8185016_0086 Lance Corporal Toby Stoll, from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, nails together the frame work on a wall for the Australian camp in Afghanistan. (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060831adf8185016_0020 Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force, Corporal Liam Cooper of the 110th Signals Squadron, rolls out data cable for camp communications. (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060831adf8185016_0022 Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force, Sapper Steve Taylor digs his way through the hard Afghanistan ground in preparation for cable laying. (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060831adf8185016_0028 Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force, Sapper Steve Taylor digs his way through the hard Afghanistan ground in preparation for cable laying. (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060831adf8185016_0068 Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force, Signalman Alexander Khazine of the 110th Signals Squadron, preps a new pull through line for communication cable laying at the Australian camp in Afghanistan. (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060831adf8185016_0081 Sapper Beau Best, a carpenter from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment marks his length prior to cutting some frame work for construction of the Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force camp in Afghanistan. (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060831adf8185016_0095 Lance Corporal Toby Stoll, from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, makes a cut on the frame work as part of the construction of Australian camp in Afghanistan. (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060901adf8185016_0099 A Russian Antonov aircraft begins start up, after unloading supplies for the Australian Reconstruction Task Force (RTF) in Afghanistan. (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060901adf8185016_0128 Dust everywhere as an Australian C130J-30 Hercules lands in Afghanistan with a load of supplies for the Australian Reconstruction Task Force (RTF). (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060901adf8185016_021 An Australian C130J-30 Hercules takes off from a dirt airstrip in Afghanistan after flying in with a load of supplies for the Australian Reconstruction Task Force (RTF). (Date taken: 28 August 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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