Image Gallery 2009
28 May 2009
Operations Update
| 20070526adf8161479_189 Members of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) conduct a night range paractice in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 26 May 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20070528adf8161479_132 Members of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) prepare for a patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 28 May 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071126adfSOCOMD_001 A soldier from the Special Operations Task Group takes a break whilst in patrol in the Uruzgan Province of Afghanistan. (Date taken: 26 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080225adfSOCOMD_001 Soldiers of the Special Operations Task Group patrol in Uruzgan Province of Afghanistan. (Date taken: 25 February 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080318adfSOCOMD_005 Members of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) during an operation in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 18 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080318adfSOCOMD_009 Members of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) in an Afghan village during an operation in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 18 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080321adfSOCOMD_002 Members of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) during an operation in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 21 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080328adfSOCOMD_002 Members of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) during an operation in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 28 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080329adfSOCOMD_003 Members of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) during an operation in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 29 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080408adfSOCOMD_005 Medics with the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) conduct a Medical Community Assistance Program (MEDCAP) during an operation in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 08 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080411adfSOCOMD_003 Members of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) cross a river in their vehicles during an operation in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 11 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080413adfSOCOMD_001 Members of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) in an overwatch position above an Afghan village during an operation in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 13 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080615adf8239682_244 A section of mortars fires on likely enemy positions during a night mission at the new joint patrol base north of Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 15 June 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081215ara8502859_0065 Officer in Charge of the bridge construction project, Captain James Scott, climbs the ruins of the destroyed bridge his soldiers are replacing. (Date taken: 15 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081217adf8208022_228 A Special Operations Task Group soldier fires an 84mm rocket during a fire power demonstration for the Prime Minister of Australia, The Honourable Kevin Rudd, during his visit to Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 17 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090315adf8185016_0048 In true Afghan way Private Ahmad Ahmadi farewells an Afghan National Army soldier prior to heading out on patrol with the Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force 1 in the Chora region of Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 15 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090328adf8185016_0060 Local villagers watch as Australian Engineers and Infantry soldiers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force conduct a search for insurgent weapons caches in the Baluchi Valley region of Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 28 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090329adf8185016_0004 Private Scott McNair (right) makes his way through a poppy crop as local farmers look on, during a Australian patrol through the Baluchi Valley in search of insurgent weapons caches. The Australian patrols create a security footprint in the region which denies insurgents freedom of movement. (Date taken: 29 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090329adf8185016_0068 Corporal Thomas Grieve confirms his patrols position by map and GPS whilst they conduct security operations in the Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 29 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090329adf8185016_0087 Private Christopher Gaglairdi (right) guides an Afghan farmer past their security cordon as they patrol through his village, while Private Scott Yeates guards the compound entrance as his fellow soldiers discuss the local security situation with the Quala’s residents. (Date taken: 29 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090330adf8185016_0088 Wearing different uniforms, but sharing the same goals and risks, Australian and Afghan soldiers conduct a joint security patrol in the northern Baluchi Valley, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 30 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090331adf8185016_0017 Corporal William Pittaway moves from the high ground as Australian soldiers establish patrol formations as they step off during operations in the Baluchi Valley, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 31 March 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090411adf8185016_0081 Australian trained Afghan National Army Engineers rush into a compound of interest, where they will search the dwelling for hidden insurgent weapons and explosives. Watching the soldiers he trained is Australian Army Engineer, Corporal Michael Cole. (Date taken: 11 April 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090414adf8185016_0034 Private Jesse Cass (right) indicates suspicious movement to their front, to his Platoon Commander, Lieutenant Bradley Freeman (left), as they conduct a patrol during the closing days of Operation Shak Haliwel. (Date taken: 14 April 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090427adf8185016_0024 Private Joel Fletcher steps off on patrol during the combined Australian and Afghan Operation Zamarai Silawel in the Mirabad region of Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 27 April 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090428adf8185016_0236 Corporal Ryan Ireland (left) and Corporal Jamin Nest (right) prepare a stack of recently discovered insurgent RPG rounds along with small arms ammunition for destruction. The engineers blew up the weapons, denying the insurgents the opportunity to deploy them against Coalition and Afghan security forces. (Date taken: 28 April 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090507adf8185016_0183 Soldiers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force conduct last minute discussions with an Afghan Army Officer during joint operations in the Baluchi Valley. The soldiers are about to conduct a search of a compound of interest. (Date taken: 07 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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