Operation SLIPPER: Image Gallery
02 November 2006
Images from Operation SLIPPER
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.
| 20061021adf8502859_0072 1st Combat Engineer Regiment Warrant Officer Class 2 John Watson gives a lesson on basic building techniques to members of the Afghan National Army in southern Afghanistan. This training is taking place prior to the two forces working together in the province of Oruzgan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061102/20061021adf8502859_0096 1st Combat Engineer Regiment Warrant Officer Class 2 John Watson gives a lesson on basic building techniques to members of the Afghan National Army in southern Afghanistan. This training is taking place prior to the two forces working together in the province of Oruzgan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061102/20061021adf8502859_0158 1st Combat Engineer Regiment Warrant Officer Class 2 John Watson gives a lesson on basic building techniques to members of the Afghan National Army in southern Afghanistan. This training is taking place prior to the two forces working together in the province of Oruzgan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061026adf8185016_0016 1st Combat Engineer Regiment Sergeant Russell Peel explains the theory behind laying sandbags during a presentation to Afghan National Army troops in southern Afghanistan. This training is taking place prior to the two forces working together in the province of Oruzgan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061026adf8185016_0049 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, Warrant Officer Class 2 John Watson (right) gives a lesson on basic knots and lashings to members of the Afghan National Army in southern Afghanistan. This training is taking place prior to the two forces working together in the province of Oruzgan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061026adf8185016_0094 An Afghan National Army soldier adds another row of barbed wire during a practical lesson on constructing razor wire protection fences in southern Afghanistan. This training is taking place prior to the two forces working together in the province of Oruzgan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061026adf8185016_0110 1st Combat Engineer Regiment Lance Corporal Matthew Talbot (right) checks on the progress of construction as soldiers from the Afghan National Army build a razor wire protection fence in southern Afghanistan. This training is taking place prior to the two forces working together in the province of Oruzgan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061026adf8185016_0151 Afghan National Army soldiers work together tying off a lashing during a practical lesson on knots and lashings in southern Afghanistan. This training is taking place prior to the two forces working together in the province of Oruzgan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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