Image Gallery 2006
05 December 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.
| 20061127adf8185016_0027 1st Reconstruction Task Force Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan presents one of the graduating students with his new tool bag for completing the 1st Reconstruction Task Force Trade Training course in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 27 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061127adf8185016_0034 1st Reconstruction Task Force Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan presents one of the graduating students with his new tool bag for completing the 1st Reconstruction Task Force Trade Training course in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 27 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061127adf8185016_0039 Commander of Task Force Uruzgan, Colonel Theo Vleugels presents one of the graduating students with his certificate for completing the 1st Reconstruction Task Force Trade Training course in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 27 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061127adf8185016_0048 All smiles as the students and course instructors pose for a course photo with the Commander of Task Force Uruzgan, Colonel Theo Vleugels and 1st Reconstruction Task Force Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan after their graduation ceremony in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 27 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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