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08 December 2008
Afghan soldiers graduate from ADF engineering course
Around 50 members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) have been trained by the Australian Defence Force to provide the vital role of combat engineering support.
Another 14 members of the ANA graduated from the course in December 2008, conducted by Australian Army Engineers with Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force One (MRTF-1).
The course taught skills such as the establishment of barbed wire, hesco bastions, concreting, sandbagging and force protection measures. It will eventually enable the ANA to conduct their own force protection measures and maintain their existing establishments without assistance from ISAF forces.
The students were given their graduating certificate during a small ceremony inside the ANA compound at the Australian-Dutch military base at Tarin Kowt, attended by the MRTF-1 commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Shane Gabriel, and the ANA soldiers' commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Akbar.
| 20081205adf8208022_007 Combat engineer, Corporal Michael Cole, talks to trainee engineers from the Afghan National Army. The engineers were graduation from an engineering course run by the Australian Defence Force, at Tarin Kowt in Southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 03 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081205adf8208022_018 Australian Army combat engineer, Corporal Michael Cole, poses with trainee engineers from the Afghan National Army and their commanders, after they graduated from an engineering course run by the Australian Defence Force. (Date taken: 05 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081205adf8208022_023 Australian Army combat engineer, Corporal Michael Cole, stands with engineers from the Afghan National Army after they graduated from an engineering course run by the Australian Defence Force. (Date taken: 05 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081205adf8208022_043 Corporal Michael Cole, an Army combat engineer with the Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force One (MRTF-1), congratulates members of the Afghan National Army after they graduated from their basic engineering course. run by the Australian Defence Force. (Date taken: 05 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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