Image Gallery 2007
13 November 2007
Reconstruction Task Force during Operation Spin Ghar
Operation Spin Ghar (meaning 'White Mountain') took place in the Chora Valley 30km north of the Australian base at Tarin Kowt.
Designed to clear the area of Taliban influence, the campaign featured the cooperation of nations. Afghan, Dutch, US, Canadian, British and Australian forces worked together to eject the Taliban and provide for ongoing security.
The major role for the Reconstruction Task Force (RTF) role in the operation was the creation of a series of security check points across the contested Chora Valley to allow the Afghan Police and Army to stabilise the area.
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.
| 20071103adf8248214_013 British and Australian soldiers load into a British CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Chora whilst out on Operation Spin Ghar. (Date taken: 03 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071103adf8248214_034 Regimental Sergeant Major of Reconstruction Task Force Three Warrant Officer Class 1 Terry Mckeown props by a collection of firewood whilst out on a local patrol in the Chora Valley, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 03 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071103adf8248214_114 Men of Reconstruction Task Force Three work on Hesco Bastion protective sand walls whilst staying at a Dutch checkpoint in the Chora region during Operation Spin Ghar. (Date taken: 03 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071103adf8248214_201 Dutch and Australian Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicles, a Unites States Army HUMVEE and a Royal Netherlands Army Mercedes jeep park out the front of the newly opened checkpoint at Nyazi during Operation Spin Ghar. (Date taken: 03 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071103adf8248214_258 Soldiers of Reconstruction Task Force Three wait to head out on patrol in the early hours of the morning in the 'Green Zone' of the Chora Valley region during Operation Spin Ghar. (Date taken: 03 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071103adf8248214_283 (From L-R) Major Paul Foura from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment discusses a patrol route with Captain Mark McCall of the United States Police Mentoring Team and Major Marcel Veeke of the Royal Netherlands Army whilst on a patrol in the 'Green Zone' of Chora Valley during Operation Spin Ghar. (Date taken: 03 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071103adf8248214_306 Soldiers of Reconstruction Task Force Three take a break as Afghan National Police Force 4WD is parked in the background whilst on a patrol during Operation Spin Ghar. (Date taken: 03 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071103adf8248214_360 Bombardier Morgan Bohmer of the 4th Field Regiment provides rear protection from a hatch of a Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle whilst on a patrol during Operation Spin Ghar (Date taken: 03 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071103adf8248214_415 Corporal Graham Ellis and 'Digger' the explosives detection dog from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment pose for a photo at the Kalla Kalla checkpoint construction site in the Chora region of Afghanistan during Operation Spin Ghar. (Date taken: 03 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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