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18 February 2009
Joint Task Force Deputy Commander visits Tarin Kowt

The Joint Task Force 633 Deputy Commander, Brigadier John Caligari, visited the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force (MRTF-1) and spoke with the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Shane Gabriel, before meeting with the Commander of the Afghan National Army's 4th Brigade, Brigadier Abdul Hamid, at Camp Holland in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.

MRTF-1 is engaged in construction works and the provision of mentoring and training for the Afghan National Army in Uruzgan Province. MRTF-1 comprises engineers, mechanised infantry and cavalry from the Darwin-based 1st Brigade, and is drawn mainly from the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Regiment and 1st Combat Engineer Regiment.