Image Gallery 2008
02 July 2008
River crossing site at Baluchi
Combat Team Hammer is part of a major RTF 4 push into the former insurgent heartland to the North of the regional capital, Tarin Kowt. The RTF has almost completed a patrol base on a key hill in the area, and is now building a $600,000 all weather river crossing nearby.
'The river crossing will allow the people of this area access to Tarin Kowt which is normally cut off by the Dorufshan Rud - the river which runs through the valley - during the winter and when the snow melts' said Maj Pigott. 'That gives them access to business opportunities, health services and education all the year round.'
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.
| 20080616adf8239682_063 Combat Engineers from the Reconstruction Task Force working alongside Afghan National Army Sappers as they build a river crossing for the people of Uruzgan Province. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080616adf8239682_072 Lance Corporal Chris Lewis, RTF 4 working alongside Afghan National Army Sappers as they build a river crossing for the people of Uruzgan Province. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080616adf8239682_083 Combat Engineers from the Reconstruction Task Force working alongside Afghan National Army Sappers as they build a river crossing for the people of Uruzgan Province. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080616adf8239682_091 Combat Engineers from the Reconstruction Task Force working alongside Afghan National Army Sappers as they build a river crossing for the people of Uruzgan Province. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080616adf8239682_099 Combat Engineers from the Reconstruction Task Force working alongside Afghan National Army Sappers as they build a river crossing for the people of Uruzgan Province. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080616adf8239682_102 Combat Engineers from the Reconstruction Task Force working alongside Afghan National Army Sappers as they build a river crossing for the people of Uruzgan Province. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080616adf8239682_170 Combat Engineers from the Reconstruction Task Force working alongside Afghan National Army Sappers as they build a river crossing for the people of Uruzgan Province. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080621adf8239682_055 Major Niall Piggott , Officer Commanding Combat Team Hammer, overlooking the new river crossing site at Baluchi. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080621adf8239682_060 Major Niall Piggott , Officer Commanding Combat Team Hammer, overlooking the new river crossing site at Baluchi. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080625adf8239682_040 Lance Corporal Gavin Jobson with Engineer plant at the site of a new river crossing for the people of Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 16 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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