Image Gallery 2007
12 February 2007
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.
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Private Shaun Eaton maintains a secure watch as troops from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force move through Tarin Kowt during a visit to the Tarin Kowt Hospital in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 19 January 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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Private Michael Bottalico maintains a secure watch as troops from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force patrol through Tarin Kowt during a visit to the Tarin Kowt Hospital in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 19 January 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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Private Michael Bottalico maintains a secure watch as troops from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force patrol through Tarin Kowt during a visit to the Tarin Kowt Hospital in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 19 January 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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Locals go about their daily business as troops from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force patrol through Tarin Kowt during a visit to the Tarin Kowt Hospital to continue their reconstruction work in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 19 January 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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Locals go about their daily business as troops from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force patrol through Tarin Kowt during a visit to the Tarin Kowt Hospital to continue their reconstruction work in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 19 January 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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Soldiers from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force maintain a secure watch as reconstruction work continues at the Tarin Kowt Hospital in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 19 January 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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1st Reconstruction Task Force member Private Adam Santucci provides medical assistance to an elderly patient during a visit to the Tarin Kowt Hospital to continue the reconstruction development plan of the hospital. (Date taken: 19 January 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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An Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldier checks the length of his power cable prior to installing it as the reconstruction work continues on the Tarin Kowt Hospital. (Date taken: 19 January 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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Afghan and Australian engineers work together as they begin the first stages of repairing the roof of the Tarin Kowt Hospital in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 19 January 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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1st Combat Engineer Regiment electrician Sapper Lindsay Armstrong wires up a new water heater during a visit to the Tarin Kowt Hospital to continue the reconstruction development plan of the Hospital. (Date taken: 19 January 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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