Image Gallery 2009
21 August 2009
Aussie Diggers Win the Afghanistan Skill at Arms Meeting
20 teams of four firers each competed, which saw the Australian team win the Rifle Team and Pistol Team matches. This result determined that the Australians were the overall Champion Team at AFSAM.
A Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force 2 (MRTF2) of about 440 personnel is engaged in construction works in Uruzgan Province. MRTF2 also includes an Operational Mentor and Liaison Team (OMLT), which assists the Afghan National Army with training and capability development. MRTF2 is comprised of engineers, mechanised infantry and cavalry from the Darwin-based 1st Brigade and is drawn mainly from the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Regiment and 1st Combat Engineer Regiment.
Operation SLIPPER is Australia's military contribution to coalition efforts against international terrorism. Under this operation our forces contribute to the efforts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) - led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, aimed at preventing Afghanistan again becoming a safe haven for international terrorists, and the United States-led International Coalition Against Terrorism (ICAT) efforts in the broader Middle East.
| 20090817adf0000000_001 A shooting competition held at Camp Holland in Tarin Kowt called the Afghanistan Skill at Arms Meeting (AFSAM) was contested by the Netherlands Army, US Army, Slovak Army, British Army and a team from the 1 RAR BG (MRTF-2).(L-R) CPL Bradley Sanderson, LT Ryan Sharp, Netherlands organiser, LCPL Mathew McNab, SGT Henry Collins and WO1 Darren Murch. (Date taken: 17 August 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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