Image Gallery 2007
24 May 2007
Training for Australian and Dutch Joint Terminal Attack Controllers
Dutch and Australian Joint Terminal Attack Controllers conducted training at the Tarin Kowt range with support from the Dutch 155mm self-propelled Panzer Howitzer gun and an Apache helicopter.
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.
Australia's contribution to ISAF is an important component of the Australian Government's commitment to assist Afghanistan achieve a stable and secure future.
| 20070512adf8161479_002 Bomdardier Stanley Crabbe plots coordinates on his map during training at Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070512adf8161479_006 Lance Bombardier O'Brien, talking on a VHF radio to the Dutch while training in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070512adf8161479_010 Captain Simon Hompas provides target indications to Sergeant Colyn Thorogood while training with Dutch offensive support platforms in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070512adf8161479_018 Captain Simon Hompas and Sergeant Colyn Thorogood watching to see where a Dutch 155mm self-propelled Panzer Howitzer gun shell lands while training in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070512adf8255272_007 Dutch and Australian Joint Terminal Attack Controllers look skywards for a Dutch Apache helicopter during a training session in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070512adf8255272_012 Dutch and Australian Joint Terminal Attack Controllers working together during a training session in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070512adf8255272_013 Dutch and Australian Joint Terminal Attack Controllers working together during a training session in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070512adf8255272_023 Captain Simon Hompas and Sergeant Colyn Thorogood observe the range as a 155mm shell crashes into its target. (Date taken: 12 April 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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