Image Gallery 2009
17 February 2009
Soldiers ready the bridge-building 'Meccano set'
Following the destruction of two vital bridges destroyed by insurgents in Zabol Province, southern Afghanistan, the men and woman of Australia’s 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force (MRTF-1) were called upon by their NATO Allies to mobilise and repair these crossings on Afghanistan’s Highway One.
After successfully moving from their base in Tarin Kowt to Kandahar Air Field, Royal Australian Engineers of the 1st Field Squadron, began the task of stocktaking the huge amount of bridge components required to complete the mission.
As well as confirming that all the required elements of the huge 'Meccano set' were available, the engineers were responsible for packing and preparing the components before the journey to the construction sites began.
| 20081212ara8502859_0039 Sapper Thomas O'Conner checks the tie-downs securing bridging equipment on a semi-trailer in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081212ara8502859_0042 Corporal Andrew 'Nobes' Noble confirms all the necessary components have been loaded, in preparation for the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force mission to Zabol commences. (Date taken: 12 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081212ara8502859_0049 Corporal Andrew Noble counts all the pieces of the giant 'Meccano set', which is the basis for two bridges that he and other members of the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force will build in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081212ara8502859_0068 Lance Corporal Wayne Cook guides an Australian armoured front end loader as it lifts reinforcing frames for the two bridges that Australian engineers will be building in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081212ara8502859_0072 Sapper Jesse Hall, helps load bridging parts onto the back of a local semi-trailer, in preparation for the bridge construction mission that he and his fellow engineers will be undertaking in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081212ara8502859_0081 Sapper Brendan Treloar packs structural reinforcing components for the bridges that he and his fellow engineers will construct in Zabol Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081212ara8502859_0102 Australian Army Captain James Scott (standing) and Canadian Army Warrant Officer Scott Doyle check documentation as engineers load bridge components at Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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