Operation SLIPPER: Image Gallery
09 November 2006
Latest 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.
| 20061101adf8185016_0025 Carpenter Sapper Lee Flanavin from the Darwin based 1st Combat Engineer Regiment demonstrates for one of the students on the 1st Reconstruction Task Force Trade Training Course, the correct way to rule a square line for cutting, during a lesson in basic carpentry in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 1 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061101adf8185016_0041 Carpenter Sapper Mark Smith from the Darwin based 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, helps a student from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force Trade Training Course with his technique using a hand saw, during their first lesson in basic carpentry in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 1 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061101adf8185016_0052 Carpenter Sapper Lee Flanavin from the Darwin based 1st Combat Engineer Regiment inspects the work of a student from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force Trade Training Course, during their first lesson in basic carpentry in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 1 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061101adf8185016_0062 Trade Training instructor; carpenter Lance Corporal Matthew Talbot from the Darwin based 1st Combat Engineer Regiment demonstrates for a student how to rule up a piece of timber for cutting in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 1 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061101adf8185016_0075 Job well done, as carpenter Sapper Mark Smith from the Darwin based 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, checks the work of a student from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force Trade Training Course in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 1 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061101adf8185016_0085 1st Combat Engineer Regiment Sapper Paul Tewkesbury lands a helping hand to a student from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force Trade Training Course as he marks his timber during a lesson in basic carpentry. (Date taken: 1 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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