Image Gallery 2009
17 February 2009
Last minute maintenance for ASLAV
Afghanistan is a country that is hard on both personnel and equipment. With the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force (MRTF-1) soldiers and their vehicles having made the nearly 200km journey from Tarin Kowt to Kandahar, one Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV), required some tender loving care from its crew.
With typical coalition cooperation, Canadian soldiers offered their Digger mates the use of their workshops and chipped in to help replace the vehicle’s power unit.
These repairs, allowed the ASLAV to play its part in the Australian mission to Zabol Province, where it provided security for two vital Australian reconstruction missions.
| 20081212ara8502859_0123 Private Allan Rask and Private Jarrod Fishlock, complete the installation of a replacement engine on an Australian light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) at Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan. The soldiers and their cavalry vehicle are about to participate in an essential bridge rebuilding task in Zabol province. (Date taken: 12 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081212ara8502859_0124 Working late into the Afghan afternoon, Private Allan Rask and Private Jarrod Fishlock, near the completion of a 'pack replacement' on their ASLAV. A pack replacement involves the removal of an old engine and the instalation of a replacement power pack. (Date taken: 12 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081212ara8502859_0134 Private Allan Rask, finalises last-miute maintenance, prior to the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force's mission to Zabol province, in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081212ara8502859_0137 Private Jarrod Fishlock, takes a break during engine repairs at Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan. Private Fishlock is an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) driver, serving with the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force. Normally based in Darwin, he has deployed from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment. (Date taken: 12 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081212ara8502859_0158 Corporal George Russell, enjoys a joke with Canadian counterpart, Corporal Kirk Backer of the 23rd Service Battalion, as soldiers of the 1st Mentoring and Reconstructiopn Task Force conduct vehicle maintenance at Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan. The Australians are working in the Canadian maintenance area as they prepare to continue their mission from their home base in Tarin Kowt to build new bridges in Zabol province. (Date taken: 12 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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