Image Gallery 2007
02 March 2007
Second Reconstruction Task Force (RTF2)
Exercise Afghan Dusk, held at the Wide Bay training area - Camp Kerr, prepared soldiers of the Second Reconstruction Task Force (RTF2) for their deployment to Op SLIPPER in Afghanistan.
The men and women of RTF2 have trained for their deployment since October 2006.
Soldiers worked through many scenarios that included community engagement, engineering, security and media awareness serials during the week long exercise.
The task group also trained to work closely with Dutch forces in readiness for their task in the reconstruction of the Orazgun province in Afghanistan.
| 20070224adf8262658_013 Trooper Nicklas Reece receives a radio call early in the morning from the back of his Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV). (Date taken: 24 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070224adf8262658_022 A Sapper from the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment stands guard in front of his Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle as the rest of the convoy take a defensive position just outside the village "Shahmansur" inside the Wide Bay Training Area for Exercise Afghan Dusk. (Date taken: 24 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070224adf8262658_027 A Sapper from the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment stands guard in front of his Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle (IMV) as the rest of the convoy take a defensive position just outside the village "Shahmansur" inside the Wide Bay Training Area for Exercise Afghan Dusk. (Date taken: 24 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070224adf8262658_037 A Sapper from the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment stands fast inside his Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle as it enters the Afghani controlled province near the village of "Shahmansur" inside the Wide Bay Training Area for Exercise Afghan Dusk. (Date taken: 24 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070224adf8262658_067 Sapper "Dwayne" from the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment fills a sand bag as it is held by a young Afghan National Army soldier as part of securing a sight and preventing further possible destruction of a recently found Unexploded Ordnance near the village of "Shahmansur" inside the Wide Bay Training Area for Exercise Afghan Dusk. (Date taken: 24 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070225adf8262658_007 Sergeant Wayne Davis, an electronics technician, conducts a routine test with a multimeter testing on a Kilovolts and Amperes Generator (16KVA) inside the Wide Bay Training Area for Exercise Afghan Dusk. (Date taken: 24 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070225adf8262658_025 Soldiers from the Second Reconstruction Task Force (RTF2) move back into Camp Kerr in the Wide Bay Training Area, after conducting practice of moving into a secured area and handing over command. (Date taken: 24 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070226afd8262658_001 Infantry soldiers move up the road after conducting a clearing patrol around the engineers, building a first aid centre outside the village of Baluchi, in Wide Bay Training Area, for Exercise Afghan Dusk. (Date taken: 24 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070226afd8262658_008 Enduring the heat, an infantry soldier, part of the Second Reconstruction Task Force (RTF2), providing security for the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, reconstructing parts of the village Baluchi in Afghanistan. (Date taken: 24 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070226afd8262658_016 An infantry soldier mans his vehicle-mounted Mag 58 machine gun, on top of a Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle as it blocks the road for a makeshift vehicle road block and check point leading into the village of Baluchi, where engineers from the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment were rebuilding structures for the war torn village based in Wide Bay Training Area, for Exercise Afghan Dusk. (Date taken: 24 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070226afd8262658_023 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle Crew Commander listens intently for commands as he mans the Mag 58 machine gun as he watches over the safety of his crew in the village of Baluchi, based in Wide Bay Training Area, for Exercise Afghan Dusk. (Date taken: 24 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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