Image Gallery 2006
20 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.
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 based in Darwin which will provide combat engineers and tradesmen (carpenters, plumbers, electricians and plant operators) that will undertake the majority of the RTF’s construction activities. This includes 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 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.
| 20061021adf8185016_0125 Corporal Malcolm Mercieca scans the open ground as a convoy of Australian Bushmaster vehicles begin a patrol around Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 21 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0305 Dutch and Australian soldiers scan the open ground as a convoy of Australian Bushmaster vehicles patrol around Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 21 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061021adf8185016_0394 Australian soldiers scan the open ground as a convoy of Australian Bushmaster vehicles patrol around Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 21 October 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0028 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0030 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle rolls into a small village during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0057 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0062 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0071 Life goes on, as local Afghan people go about their daily business as an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle rolls through their village during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0082 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0095 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers move out in their Australian Light Armoured Vehicles after stopping in a small Afghan village during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0112 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0113 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles move out after stopping in a small Afghan village during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0132 Sergeant Sean McElhinney from the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment enjoys a short break overlooking a small Afghan town during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0144 1st Reconstruction Task Force troops from the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment maintain a secure watch as a group of interested locals comes out to look at an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0147 Corporal Jason Lane (left) and Trooper Ian King (right) enjoy a short break overlooking a small Afghan town during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. Both Corporal Lane and Trooper King are from the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0149 2nd Cavalry Regiment Corporal Jason Lane maintains a secure watch over a small Afghan village during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0151 1st Reconstruction Task Force Craftsman Allan Anderson enjoys a short break overlooking a small Afghan town during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0179 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0181 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles provide protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0186 1st Reconstruction Task Force Craftsman Lee Smith maintains a secure watch over a small Afghan village during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0191 Life goes on, as a local Afghan man goes about his daily business as an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle rolls past during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0193 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0204 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers move out in their Australian Light Armoured Vehicles after stopping in a small Afghan village during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0213 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers prepare mount up and move out in their Australian Light Armoured Vehicles after stopping in a small Afghan village during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0241 Trooper Grant Wharton (rear) and Trooper Matthew Gaskin (front) enjoy a short break overlooking a small Afghan town during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. Both Trooper Wharton and Trooper Gaskin are from the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0243 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance convoy in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0268 1st Reconstruction Task Force Warrant Officer Class 2 Paul Kitching maintains a secure watch over a small Afghan village during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061109adf8185016_0301 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle rolls into a small village during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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