Image Gallery 2008
03 December 2008
Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force - 1
Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force - 1 commenced operations in Afghanistan in October this year. As part of Australia's ongoing military contribution to Afghanistan, nearly 500 Afghan locals have been trained in basic construction, plumbing and associated trades at the Trade Training School in Tarin Kowt.
Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force - 1 continues to run the school including local instructors who were trained during the first Trade Training School course conducted in 2006.
30 students currently enrolled in the Trade Training School are learning skills which will improve their quality of life and provide employment opportunities with various reconstruction tasks occurring throughout Uruzgan province.
Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force - 1 continues to work on schools, health and Afghan Government facilities throughout the region.
Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force - 1 engineers are also engaged in the winterisation of patrol bases throughout the province in order to better protect personnel during Afghanistan's harsh winters.
Australia's contribution to Afghanistan is among the tenth largest of the 40 contributing nations, and the largest of any non-NATO contributing nations.
| 20081125adf8208022_079 Australian soldiers with the Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force - 1 prepare themselves and their Australian Light Armoured Vehicles for a mission in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 25 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081125adf8208022_134 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle and its crew wait patiently for the order to move out on a patrol in the Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 25 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081125adf8208022_175 Sergent Leah Kite discusses a maintenance issue with an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle maintainer at the Tarin Kowt base in Afghanistan. (Date taken: 25 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081125adf8208022_192 An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle and its crew wait patiently for the order to move out on a patrol in the Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 25 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081125adf8208022_211 Technical Electrician, Lance Corporal Luke Poile pauses from his hectic work schedule in Afghanistan for a photo. (Date taken: 25 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081125adf8208022_268 Lance Corporal Josh McLaren, a plumber with the Trade Training School at Tarin Kowt, looks over the work of some local Afghan students undergoing their basic course. (Date taken: 25 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081125adf8208022_272 Lance Corporal Josh McLaren, a plumber with the Trade Training School at Tarin Kowt, shows some local Afghan students undergoing their basic course, the windmill built by previous students. (Date taken: 25 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081125adf8208022_280 Sapper Duncan Stamp, a carpenter with the Trade Training School at Tarin Kowt, discusses the finer points of carpentry with local Afghanistan students. (Date taken: 25 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081125adf8208022_303 Sapper Duncan Stamp, a carpenter with the Trade Training School at Tarin Kowt, watches a local Afghanistan student level a concrete slab. (Date taken: 25 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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