Operation SLIPPER: Image Gallery
13 December 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.
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.
| 20061205adf8185016_0044 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0059 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0065 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0073 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: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0078 Sapper Luke Butler from the Darwin-based 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, as part of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force provides a security screen during reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0082 Trooper Gareth Cotter from the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment, as part of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force provides a security screen during reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0085 1st Reconstruction Task Force Warrant Officer Class 2 Darren Moylan (right) calls out the next measurement as Captain Clare O’Neil (left) records the information during a visit to a nearby regional hospital to record building dimensions for the future redevelopment plans of the hospital in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0096 Lance Corporal David Wallace from the Darwin-based 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, as part of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force provides a security screen during reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0097 Sapper Michael Lehocz from the Darwin-based 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, as part of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force provides a security screen during reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0104 Sapper Michael Lehocz from the Darwin-based 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, as part of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force provides a security screen during reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0120 Lance Corporal Paul Portelli from the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment maintains a secure watch as troops from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force patrol the streets during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0133 Sapper Harley Duggan from the Darwin-based 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, as part of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force provides a security screen during reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0152 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: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0154 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: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0167 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: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0189 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0198 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles move out after stopping in a small Afghan village during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0200 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0208 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0210 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0212 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles move out after stopping in a small Afghan village during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0218 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles move out after stopping in a small Afghan village during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0226 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: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0228 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0247 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0249 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: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0258 Life goes on, a local Afghan man goes about his daily business as Australian Light Armoured Vehicles roll past him during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0261 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0266 1st Reconstruction Task Force troops from the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment; maintain a secure watch in their Australian Light Armoured Vehicle as a local goat herder passes them looking on with interest during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0269 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0283 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: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0297 A local Afghan man goes about his daily business as Australian Light Armoured Vehicles roll past him during a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0323 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0348 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0371 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0380 Lance Corporal Nick O’Halloran from the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment sends through a radio check as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061205adf8185016_0381 2nd Cavalry Regiment soldiers Sergeant Brendan Riddell (left) and Trooper Gregory Bennett (right), wait to refuel their Australian Light Armoured Vehicle after carrying out a reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 05 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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