Operation SLIPPER: Image Gallery
23 October 2006
Future construction tasks for the Trade Training Building
Work is progressing well on the Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force (1RTF) Trade Training Building, in southern Afghanistan. The building will be used by the 1RTF Trade Training Team to teach the local population various building skills including carpentry and masonry.
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, which will provide combat engineers and tradesmen (carpenters, plumbers, electricians and plant operators) to 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.
| 20061008adf8095516_007 Major Bernie Gaynor with the Australian National Flag that he was given as a gift to take to southern Afghanistan (Date taken: 08 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061011adf8185016_0014 Captain Lee Bowden (left) and Sergeant Nigel Hayden (right) discuss future construction tasks for the Trade Training Building as they review the plans in southern Afghanistan.0 (Date taken: 08 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061011adf8185016_0023 Captain Lee Bowden (left) and Sergeant Nigel Hayden (right) discuss future construction tasks for the Trade Training Building as they review the plans with Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan (centre), the Commander of the 1RTF in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 08 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061011adf8185016_0035 Captain Lee Bowden (left) and Sergeant Nigel Hayden (right) discuss future construction tasks for the Trade Training Building as they review the plans with Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan (centre), the Commander of the 1RTF in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 08 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061011adf8185016_0047 Captain Lee Bowden (left) and Sergeant Nigel Hayden (right) discuss future construction tasks for the Trade Training Building with the local contractors in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 08 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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