Image Gallery 2006
25 October 2006
Personnel from 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment during weapons training in Uruzgan Province
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_016 A final briefing for 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment personnel during weapons range practise in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 08 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061008adf8095516_033 Personnel from 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment during weapons training in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 08 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061008adf8095516_035 Personnel from 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment look on at weapons training on a range in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 08 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061008adf8095516_048 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment members put an Australian Infantry Mobility Vehicle or Bushmaster's weapons through its paces during live firing practise in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 08 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061008adf8095516_115 Personnel from 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment watch weapons training on a range in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 08 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061008adf8095516_144 Personnel from 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment firing the 84mm rocket during weapons training in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 08 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061008adf8095516_150 Sergeant Steven Attleir, an Explosive Ordinance Detection Technician from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, sights a .50 calibre anti-material rifle at a weapons range in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 08 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061008adf8095516_197 Personnel from 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment practise firing weapons during training in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 08 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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