Image Gallery 2007
01 May 2007
Tour De Force in Afghanistan
The 'Tour De Force' concert series visited the Reconstruction Task Force in Afghanistan. Dutch and US forces joined the Australians for two nights of laughter and music.
This is the seventh moral-boosting 'Tour de Force' concert tour for Australian Defence Force members serving in the Middle East. The performers for this year's concert were: Cat Southern, Wayne Deakin, The Dickster (Richard Kaminski) and Renee Brack.
Australia has deployed an ADF Reconstruction Task Force (RTF), 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
| 20070505adf8161479_240 Tour De Force members in the back of a Unimog during a tour of Camp Holland. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_309 Cat Southern with her band in front of Australian Light Armoured Vehicles. L-R: Randal Terrens, Michael Lockhart, Cat Southern, Anthony Stewart, Simon Johnson and Glen Wilson. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_322 Renee Brack gets up close and personal with the Explosive Ordance Disposal robot, during the Tour De Force tour of Camp Holland. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_367 Renee Brack gets to give explosive detection dog 'Flo Jo' a scratch after a display by the dog handlers. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_397 The Dickster (Richard Kaminski) performs for Australian and Dutch forces in Tarin Kowt. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_432 Wayne Deakin had the crowd in stitches with his comedy routine during the first night's concert. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_443 Australian and Dutch military personnel enjoying the two-hour concert. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_455 Renee Brack entertained the crowd as the MC for the concert. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_478 Trooper Tanoa Bitu had a birthday he will never forget with a kiss from Cat Southern. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_497 Australian and Dutch military personnel enjoying the two-hour concert. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_536 Cat Southern entertained the Australian and Dutch military personnel with her wide range of music during the two concerts. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070505adf8161479_587 When some of the troops found out that Cat Southern was a Adelaide Crows supporter they could not wait to show their true colours. Rear: Lieutenant John Pring, Craftsman John Murch and Sergeant Peter Randall; Front: Corporal Travis Heath, Cat Southern and Warrant Officer Class 2 Glen Donaldson. (Date taken: 05 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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