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.
| 20061028adf8185016_0010 Private Adam Marsh from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment waits for his orders to move during a patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061029adf8185016_0038 Private Jonathon Morison from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment maintains a secure watch as troops from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force patrol the streets of Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061029adf8185016_0065 Private Allen Pitt from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment maintains a secure watch as troops from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force patrol the streets of Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061029adf8185016_0073 Private Luke Andrews from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment maintains a secure watch as troops from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force patrol the streets of Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061029adf8185016_0075 Afghanistan locals go about their daily business as soldiers from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment patrol the streets of Tarin Kowt providing a security screen for the engineers of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061029adf8185016_0104 Lance Corporal Colin Wruck from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment maintains a secure watch as troops from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force patrol the streets of Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061029adf8185016_0123 Lance Corporal Colin Wruck from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment moves out as troops from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force patrol the streets of Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061029adf8185016_0129 Corporal Adam White (right) from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment adjusts his radio ear piece as he patrols the streets of Tarin Kowt providing a security screen for the engineers of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061029adf8185016_0193 Private Leigh Hansen from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment maintains a secure watch as troops from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force patrol the streets of Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061029adf8185016_0221 Afghanistan locals go about their daily business as soldiers from the Brisbane based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment patrol the streets of Tarin Kowt providing a security screen for the engineers of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061029adf8185016_0232 Private Adam Marsh from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment maintains a secure watch as troops from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force patrol the streets of Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061029adf8185016_0254 An Australian Bushmaster vehicle patrols the streets of Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 26 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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