Operation SLIPPER: Image Gallery
12 November 2009
Explosive Detection Dog Sabi Returns
Australian Special Forces Explosive Detection Dog Sabi has been found alive and well almost fourteen months after going missing in action in Afghanistan.
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Sabi during her training at the School of Military Engineering and prior to her first operational deployment in 2006 for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
(Date taken: 2006)
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Sabi the Explosive Detection Dog and her handler David, from the Reconstruction Task Force, take a rest in the shade after a long days' work in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 23 July 2007)
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Sabi the Explosive Detection Dog and her handler David, from the Reconstruction Task Force, take a rest in the shade after a long days' work in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
(Date taken: 23 July 2007)
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Moments after touchdown in Tarin Kowt and being reunited with one of her original trainers, Sabi catches a tennis ball nudged towards her. The game of catch was a special bond between dog and trainer during Sabi's initial training, and provided additional immediate proof of Sabi's identity on her return.
(Date taken: 28 October 2009)
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A welcome bath - undoubtedly the first in over twelve months - moments after Sabi's return to the Australian Special Forces compound near Tarin Kowt.
(Date taken: 28 October 2009)
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A welcome bath - undoubtedly the first in over twelve months - moments after Sabi's return to the Australian Special Forces compound near Tarin Kowt.
(Date taken: 28 October 2009)
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A welcome bath - undoubtedly the first in over twelve months - moments after Sabi's return to the Australian Special Forces compound near Tarin Kowt.
(Date taken: 28 October 2009)
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Moments after her return to the Australian Special Forces compound near Tarin Kowt, freshly-bathed Sabi tucks into a favourite meal.
(Date taken: 28 October 2009)
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Bath done, belly full and ready for another game of catch, Sabi waits for her trainer to nudge a tennis ball to her.
(Date taken: 28 October 2009)
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Sabi on the flightline at Tarin Kowt after her return following veterinary checks in Kandahar.
(Date taken: 29 October 2009)
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Sabi and a US Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter on the flightline at Tarin Kowt.
(Date taken: 06 November 2009)
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