Image Gallery 2008
11 June 2008
RSL care package
Reconstruction Task Force 4 is expanding its operations north from its base in Tarin Kowt, building a series of patrol bases for use by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Afghan National Police and Army. The Task Force is now operating regularly north of Tarin Kowt, an area of great strategic significance to the Taliban Extremists in Uruzgan Province.
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 400 ADF personnel from predominately Brisbane and Sydney 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.
| 20080604adf8239682_1068 Private Luke Andrews from Reconstruction Task Force receives a Returned Services League (RSL) care package on the front line in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 04 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_1092 A soldier from Reconstruction Task Force 4 receives a Returned Services League (RSL) care package on the front line in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 04 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_1099 Soldiers from Reconstruction Task Force 4 receive Returned Services League (RSL) care packages on the front line in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 04 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_1106 Private Luke Andrews from Reconstruction Task Force 4 receives a Returned Services League (RSL) care package on the front line in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 04 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_1107 Sapper Simon Casey and Sapper Shane Edwards from Reconstruction Task Force 4 receive Returned Services League (RSL) care packages on the front line in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 04 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_1119 You wouldn’t read about it ! Sapper Simon Casey and Sapper Shane Edwards from Reconstruction Task Force 4 receive Returned Services League (RSL) care packages on the front line in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 04 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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