Image Gallery 2007
26 April 2007
Reconstruction Task Force Trade Training School
The Reconstruction Task Force (RTF) conducts training courses for the Afghan National Army Engineers as part of a coordinated effort to develop indigenous capacity.
The Trade Training School is run by qualified tradesmen from the Australian Defence Force. The course is designed to provide students with the skills.
These courses include a mixture of structured and on the job training, encouraging further local support for RTF operations.
Australia has deployed an ADF Reconstruction Task Force consisting of a combined arms team to the Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan as part of Operation SLIPPER. The RTF is in partnership with the Netherlands Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and forms part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force.
The RTF has a clearly defined role to work on reconstruction, improvement of provincial infrastructure and community based projects. The RTF also provides trade training to the local population and military engineering training to the Afghan National Army. This type of assistance is designed to benefit the people of Uruzgan Province well into the future and form building blocks of a stable and prosperous community.
The RTF contains around 370 ADF personnel from predominately Queensland based units. It includes elements to provide command, security, engineering, and administrative support and is equipped with Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicles (IMV), Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAVs) and armoured engineer plant equipment.
| 20070405adf8161479_003 Local trainee instructor, Dawood Shah checks the work of Trade Training School student Mira Jan. Sapper Brendan Yule is supervising the teaching process. (Date taken: 05 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070405adf8161479_015 New Trade Training School students with their Australian instructors. (Date taken: 05 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070405adf8161479_022 Warrant Officer Class Two Shane Johnsson shows local trainee instructor Jumaghul (right) the correct way to use a mark gauge. Hayat Kareem, a member of the Afghan National Army and a student at the Trade Training School, watches on. (Date taken: 05 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070405adf8161479_029 Hayat Kareem, a member of the Afghan National Army and a student at the Trade Training School, marks his timber. Watching are Sapper Brendan Yule and local instructor Jumaghul. (Date taken: 05 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070405adf8161479_033 Hayat Kareem, a member of the Afghan National Army and a student at the Trade Training School, marks his timber. Watching are Sapper Brendan Yule and local instructor Jumaghul. (Date taken: 05 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070417adf8161479_110 Australian Combat engineer Sapper Eddie Renton helps Afghan National Army engineers with shovelling soil during their building projects. (Date taken: 17 April 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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