Operation SLIPPER: Image Gallery
06 October 2006
Radio antenna tower for base communications
A contingent of Australian Defence Force personnel is working in Afghanistan as part of the 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 two 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 majority of the task force will be 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, 5/7 Royal Australian Regiment and the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Command, logistics and support elements have come from the Darwin-based 1st Brigade.
| 20060927adf8185016_0089 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers work their way up as they bolt together a 30-metre radio antenna tower for base communications in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 28 September 2006) Photo By: Corporal (CPL) Ricky Fuller Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060927adf8185016_0118 A Dutch crane lifts another section as 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers build a 30-metre radio antenna tower for base communications in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 28 September 2006) Photo By: Corporal (CPL) Ricky Fuller Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060927adf8185016_0152 More dirt filling as Sapper Scott Bailey, a plant operator from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, moves in with a front end loader to fill another truck. (Date taken: 28 September 2006) Photo By: Corporal (CPL) Ricky Fuller Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060927adf8185016_0160 More dirt filling as Sapper Scott Bailey, a plant operator from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, moves in with a front end loader to fill another truck. (Date taken: 28 September 2006) Photo By: Corporal (CPL) Ricky Fuller Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060928adf8185016_0038 1st Reconstruction Task Force Soldiers working with the Dutch to install safety hesco walls in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 28 September 2006) Photo By: Corporal (CPL) Ricky Fuller Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060928adf8185016_0046 1st Combat Engineer Regiment Soldiers Corporal Nathan Busch (rear), Sergeant Russell Peel (center) and Sapper Shaun Powell (front), work together to join a new section of safety hesco walling for the 1st Reconstruction Task Force camp in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 28 September 2006) Photo By: Corporal (CPL) Ricky Fuller Low-res | High-res |
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