Image Gallery 2007
28 March 2007
VIP visit and range practice
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's Stage III expansion into southern Afghanistan.
Australia's contribution, known as the Reconstruction Task Force (RTF), is a mix of engineers, security and support personnel deployed to Afghanistan for up to two years to 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 is drawn from the Darwin area and made up of personnel from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment 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 will include 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 being provided by the Brisbane-based Motorised Infantry of the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Command, logistics and support elements have come from the Darwin-based 1st Brigade.
| 20070223adf8502859_002 Cavalry Troop Commander Lieutenant Tim Mogridge prepares to leave Kamp Holland. (Date taken: 27 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070223adf8502859_025 Sunrise over Afghanistan. An Australian ASLAV stands guard as 1st Reconstruction Task Force personnel prepare the range for the Javelin missile firing. (Date taken: 27 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070223adf8502859_038 Corporal Greg Miller, a field engineer securing the area while targets are placed for training shoots.Sunrise over Afghanistan. An Australian ASLAV stands guard as 1st Reconstruction Task Force personnel prepare the range for the Javelin missile firing. (Date taken: 27 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070223adf8502859_046 The sun fills the morning sky as Australian soldiers prepare the range for a fire power demonstration later in the day. (Date taken: 27 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070223adf8502859_047 Sapper Luke Butler stands guard as his fellow Australian soldiers prepare a discarded Russian vehicle before it is targetted during a missile test fire. (Date taken: 27 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070223adf8502859_191 Trooper Grant Wharton and Sergeant Sean McElhinney watch as Australian forces recover a Russian armoured vehicle the Australians had just used for target practice. (Date taken: 27 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070223adf8502859_277 Commanding Officer of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan. (Date taken: 27 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070223adf8502859_285 1st Reconstruction Task Force Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan meets the Supreme Allied Commander Europe General John Craddock during his tour of NATO's International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan. (Date taken: 27 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070223adf8502859_290 Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan discusses the Australian mission in support of ISAF with NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe General John Craddock during a recent visit to the Australian and Dutch base in Uruzgan province. (Date taken: 27 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070223adf8502859_293 Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Supreme Allied Commander Europe General John Craddock during a ceremony at Kamp Holland, the joint Australin/Ducth base in Afghanistan. (Date taken: 27 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070223adf8502859_337 The senior officers of the Dutch and Australian Forces with the Secretary General of NATO (L-R) Colonel Hans van Griensvenn, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan. (Date taken: 27 February 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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