Image Gallery 2008
01 August 2008
Attack
Reconstruction Task Force 4 is expanding its operations North from its base in Tarin Kowt, building a series of patrol bases for use by 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.
| 20080718adf8239682_001 Soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force wait for the orders to fire on Taliban Extremist position. (Date taken: 18 July 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080718adf8239682_003 Soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force wait for the orders to fire on Taliban Extremist position. (Date taken: 18 July 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080718adf8239682_055 Soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force advance to a Taliban Extremist firing position after a rocket attack on a patrol base in Baluchi, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 18 July 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080718adf8239682_237 Soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force advance to a Taliban Extremist firing position after a rocket attack on a patrol base in Baluchi, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 18 July 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080718adf8239682_263 Soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force advance to a Taliban Extremist firing position after a rocket attack on a patrol base in Baluchi, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 18 July 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080718adf8239682_296 Flight Lieutenant Steven Duffy and Gunner David Rowe keep close observation whilst soldiers from the Reconstruction Task Force move onto Taliban Extremist firing position. (Date taken: 18 July 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080726adf8239682_018 Fire Mission. Reconstruction Task Force mortars fire on Taliban extremist positions after a rocket attack in Baluchi, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 26 July 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080726adf8239682_085 Fire Mission. Reconstruction Task Force mortars fire on Taliban extremist positions after a rocket attack in Baluchi, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 26 July 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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