Image Gallery 2009
07 April 2009
Intensive training for our soldiers
Soldiers undergo intensive training throughout their careers and especially before deploying to areas of operations such as Afghanistan. This training does not stop once they are “in country”. Rather, it continues and develops throughout their deployment.
Every soldier from the orderly room clerk to the infantry rifleman, continuously takes the opportunity to hone their skills and drills between operations.
| 20081119ara8502859_0101 Soldiers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force’s Combat Services Support Team (CSST) practice their drills on the shooting range at Tarin Kowt. CSST soldiers provide the logistic and administrative support for the Battle Group. These soldiers are often required to travel to the various bases occupied by Australian and Afghan soldiers to resupply essential stocks and to conduct maintenance and repair. (Date taken: 19 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081119ara8502859_0126 A soldier from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force engages targets during a weapons practice at Tarin Kowt, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 19 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081119ara8502859_0155 An Australian soldier deployed in southern Afghanistan, conducts a rapid fire practice as he hones his skills with the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force. (Date taken: 19 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081119ara8502859_0225 Using smoke to simulate the confusion of the battle field, an Australian soldier from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force participates in the ongoing training that all soldiers receive whilst on deployment. (Date taken: 19 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081119ara8502859_0239 An Australian soldier practices the skills of identifying and engaging a target during a range shoot for the members of the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 19 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090309adf8185016_0029 Soldiers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force, return to the shooter’s mound after checking their groupings on their targets during ongoing training in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090309adf8185016_0047 Captain Christopher Bates identifies his target during a weapons practice on the 100m range at Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. Captain Bates runs the Quarter Masters Store for the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force. (Date taken: 09 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090309adf8185016_0056 Soldiers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force, return to camp after completing a range practice during ongoing training in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 09 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090313ara8502859_0010 Private Nathan “Patch” Smith a member of one of the mortar platoons, supporting combat operations with the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 13 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090313ara8502859_0022 Private Jeffrey Chapman prepares a mortar round in preparation for a practice shoot, whilst serving with the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 13 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090313ara8502859_0089 Private Todd Levings mans a .50 Calibre machine gun during a practice shoot for the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 13 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090313ara8502859_0141 Private Nathan “Patch” Smith practices firing the .50 Calibre machine gun at Tarin Kowt. Feeding the ammunition is Private Jeffrey Chapman. Both soldiers are members of the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force. (Date taken: 13 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090313ara8502859_0165 Privates Jeffrey Chapman and Todd Levings practice using the .50 Calibre machine gun on the heavy weapons range at Tarin Kowt, the hill where they are grouping their shots in the background is over a kilometre away. (Date taken: 13 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090313ara8502859_0231 Soldiers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force, practice with their mortars between patrols in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 13 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090313ara8502859_0246 Private Jeffrey Chapman prepares the round for his mortar, whilst Private Todd Levings adjusts the weapon onto its target during a range practice in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 13 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090313ara8502859_0280 Private Jeffrey Chapman drops the round in the tube, during mortar practices with the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force. (Date taken: 13 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090313ara8502859_0317 Corporal Tim Glover, Mortar Section Commander makes final checks before firing the “tube” during mortar practice in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 13 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090313ara8502859_0339 Private Todd Levings follows the round as it explodes from his mortar tube and flies towards its target on the heavy weapons range at Tarin Kowt. (Date taken: 13 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090313ara8502859_0367 Private Nathan “Patch” Smith demonstrates the correct procedure for stoking a mortar to Lance Bombardier Justin Cowen (left) during training and range practice in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 13 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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