Image Gallery 2009
24 February 2009
Diggers patrol through Baluchi
The 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force has been responsible for the creation and operation of the Australian Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams (OMLT).
These soldiers live, work and train with members of the Afghan National Army (ANA), both at the main International Security and Assistance Base at Tarin Kowt and in patrol bases spread throughout the surrounding districts.
The OMLT work hand in hand with the ANA and with other Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Forces to provide security for the local national population.
Each day, they gather to prepare for operations and then move throughout their areas of responsibility in small numbers with their ANA partners, mentoring and working with the soldiers whose country they are helping to rebuild.
| 20090109ara8502859_0093 The Afghan and Australian flags fly ‘side-by-side’ over the shared Patrol Base in the Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090109ara8502859_0161 A member of the Afghan National Army moves through the patrol base where he and his fellow soldiers are mentored by Australians from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force. (Date taken: 09 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090109ara8502859_0209 Sergeant Jamie Lamont and Sergeant Andrew Langler, of the Australian Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team, listen to orders prior to the next day's operations in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090111ara8502859_0196 Private Mitchell Peacock, of the Australian Operational Mentoring Liaison Team, patrols through a Baluchi Valley village in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 11 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090111ara8502859_0198 Sergeant Jamie Lamont, of the Australian Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team checks on an Afghan National Army patrol, in Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 11 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090111ara8502859_0202 An Afghan National Army soldier, being mentored by the Australian Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams, holds a weapon, confiscated whilst on patrol in Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 11 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090111ara8502859_0207 Sergeant Jamie Lamont, of the Australian Operational Mentoring Liaison Team pauses during a patrol in Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 11 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090111ara8502859_0218 A group of Afghan soldiers, being mentored by members of the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force pause during a joint patrol in the Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 11 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090111ara8502859_0224 A young Afghan enjoys a ration pack treat, provided by the soldiers from the Australian Operational Mentoring Liaison Team in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 11 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090111ara8502859_0237 Bombadier Michael John and Lance Bombadier Aarron Spitters, of the Australian Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team, patrol with their Afghan National Army counterparts in the Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 11 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090111ara8502859_0244 An Afghan soldier, currently being mentored by Australian soldiers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force, patrols through a village in the Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 11 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090111ara8502859_0252 Sergeant Andrew Langler, of the Australian Operational Mentoring Liaison Team, patrols through a village in southern Afghanistan, whilst local Afghan children look on. (Date taken: 11 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090112ara8502859_0115 Private Paul Taylor, of the Australian Operational Mentoring Liaison Team, scans for any threats as an Afghan National Army patrol moves past his position in Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090112ara8502859_0119 Captain Paul Graham, an Australian Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team, Team Commander, leads some of his Afghan National Army mentors during a patrol in Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090112ara8502859_0124 An Australian soldier from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force watches for any threats, as a soldier from the Afghan National Army moves to his position in Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090112ara8502859_0144 An Afghan famer and an Afghan National Army soldier chat, while Corporal Nathen Webb (foreground) and Private Corey Wooten, from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force, continue their mission in the Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090112ara8502859_0152 Local Afghan children watch Lance Bombadier Aarron Spitters takes a well earned rest during an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team patrol in the Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 12 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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