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March 2006
Victoria
Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon’s visit to Australian
Defence Force
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon’s visit to Australian
Defence Force (ADF) personnel assigned to Operation Acolyte got off
to a flying start when she left Melbourne in an Army Black Hawk helicopter.
The flight came after a briefing at the Defence Operation Centre in
Victoria Barracks, and she and her senior officers were accompanied
by the Commander of the ADF Joint Task Force Brigadier Andrew Smith.
The ADF
as part of the overall Australian Government contribution, is providing
support to the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. This support includes
security and ceremonial personnel, as well as other general support
staff.
This support
is being provided under the title of Operation Acolyte. Acolyte is Latin
for ‘helper’ or ‘assistant’ and was chosen to symbolise
the ADF’s supporting role in the staging of the Commonwealth Games.
Operation
Acolyte involves 2,600 Australian Defence Force personnel from across
the three services, performing a range of specialist roles such as security,
ceremonial and general support. The troops are being accommodated at,
and working from, existing Defence establishments in and around Melbourne
including: Simpson Barracks, Watsonia; Maygar Barracks, Broadmeadows;
RAAF Williams, Laverton and Point Cook; and Victoria Barracks, Melbourne.
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An Australian Army Black Hawk helicopter loadmaster gives his
pilot the all-clear to shut down the aircraft’s engines after
landing on Edmund Herring Memorial Oval in Melbourne prior to
the arrival of Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon
and Joint Task Force Commander Brigadier Andrew Smith.
(Date taken: 14 March 2006)
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Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon and Joint Task
Force Commander Brigadier Andrew Smith walk towards an Army Black
Hawk helicopter at Edmund Herring Memorial Oval in Melbourne for
their preflight safety briefing. The two commanders then flew
out to visit troops deployed on Operation Acolyte.
(Date taken: 14 March 2006)
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Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon and Joint Task
Force Commander Brigadier Andrew Smith walk towards an Army Black
Hawk helicopter at Edmund Herring Memorial Oval in Melbourne for
their preflight safety briefing. The two commanders then flew
out to visit troops deployed on Operation Acolyte.
(Date taken: 14 March 2006)
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Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon (centre) listens
to a safety brief given by Army Black Hawk helicopter load master
Corporal Paul Tull (right) prior to her flight with Joint Task
Force Commander Brigadier Andrew Smith to visit troops deployed
on Operation Acolyte.
(Date taken: 14 March 2006)
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An ABC news cameraman videos Victoria Police Chief Commissioner
Christine Nixon and Joint Task Force Commander Brigadier Andrew
Smith seated in an Army Black Hawk helicopter prior to their flight
to visit troops deployed on Operation Acolyte.
(Date taken: 14 March 2006)
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Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon talks with
Joint Task Force Commander Brigadier Andrew Smith prior to their
flight in an Army Black Hawk helicopter to visit troops deployed
on Operation Acolyte.
(Date taken: 14 March 2006)
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Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon and Joint Task
Force Commander Brigadier Andrew Smith lift off from Edmund Herring
Memorial Oval, Melbourne, in an Army Black Hawk helicopter. The
two commanders then flew out to visit troops deployed on Operation
Acolyte.
(Date taken: 14 March 2006)
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Victoria
Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon straps in as loadmaster
Corporal Paul Tull (left) checks her seat harness. To her left
Joint Task Force Commander Brigadier Andrew Smith fits his harness.
The two commanders then flew out from Edmund Herring Memorial
Oval, Melbourne, in an Army Black Hawk helicopter to visit troops
deployed on Operation Acolyte.
(Date taken: 14 March 2006)
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