Image Gallery 2008
11 June 2008
Early morning patrol in Uruzgan Province
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_006 Soldiers from Reconstruction Task Force patrol through a wheat field near the new Forward Operating Base in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_015 Private Neil O' Farrell walks past a curious group of Afghan children during an early morning patrol in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_020 Soldiers from Reconstruction Task Force patrol through a wheat field near the new patrol base in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_289 An Australian CH 47 Chinook helicopter takes off in a cloud of dust at the construction site of a patrol base in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_548 An excavator helps in the construction of a series of bunkers for the new Forward Operating Base in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_563 Corporal Glen Barton (Right) and Lance Corporal Christopher from Reconstruction Task Force 4, help build one a bunker at a patrol base in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_605 Give me five minutes! Corporal Glen Barton and Lance Corporal Christopher Lewis take a short break from constructing a series of bunkers for a patrol base in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_803 Lets go! Soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force begin an early morning patrol through the streets bordering the Green Zone in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_824 Lieutenant Matthew Dirago waits while his platoon mans a check point north of Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_833 A soldier from the Reconstruction Task Force provides protection during an early morning patrol in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_837 Soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force provide protection during an early morning patrol in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_847 A soldier from the Reconstruction Task Force provides protection during an early morning patrol in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_870 A group of Afghan farmers move through a Reconstruction Task Force check point in the early morning light in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080604adf8239682_890 An Afghan Bedouin caravan moves through a Reconstruction Task Force check point in the early morning light in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080605adf8239682_077 Soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force stop for a short break during an evening patrol in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080605adf8239682_088 An Afghan farmer passes by as soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force stop for a short break during an evening patrol in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080605adf8239682_103 Location, location, location. Soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force stop for a short break during an evening patrol in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080605adf8239682_109 Soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force on an evening patrol in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080605adf8239682_111 On yer bike. A young Afghan boy stops to watch soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force on an evening in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080606adf8239682_093 Private Thomas Saunders of the Reconstruction Task Force escapes the heat next to a young Afghan boy during a meeting with Australian soldiers and tribal leaders. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080606adf8239682_112 An Afghan boy sits with Reconstruction Task Force soldiers during a meeting with local leaders in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 06 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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