Operation CATALYST: Image Gallery
24 July 2005
The Australian Army Training Team - Iraq
Conducting counter-insurgency operations is how the Iraqi Army's 2nd Brigade of the 10th Division is demonstrating its abilities.
The Army Training Team-Iraq (AATT-I), a component of the Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) has spent the last month conducting an audit of the Iraqi Brigade's capabilities and has made in-roads in their training mission.
While it has begun basic training on individual soldier's skills, the Brigade has also planned and begun conducting up to company-level counter-insurgency operations as a flow on from OPERATION LIGHTNING, a Coalition and Iraqi Security Force crack-down on insurgents in Iraq.
The Commanding Officer of the AATT-I, LTCOL Steve Tulley said that he had been encouraged by the level of basic training and their ability to conduct low-level operations.
LTCOL Tulley was particularly impressed with the fact that the Iraqi Army conducts operations in a multi-jurisdictional environment, with the Iraqi Army working closely with the Iraqi Police Service.
| 20050616adf8239682_004 Sergeant Michael Groves check maps with members of the Iraqi Army at a vehicle checkpoint near the town of Al Khidr. SGT Groves is with the Australian Army Training Team as a training instructor. (Date taken: 16 June 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050616adf8239682_128 In the company of a camel, an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) patrols with the Australian Army Training Team in a remote part of Al Muthanna, near the town of Al Khidr. (Date taken: 16 June 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050616adf8239682_174_th.jpg Members of the Australia Army Training Team and the Iraqi Army stage a vehicle checkpoint on the recently opened Slaibat Bridge, near Al Khidr. (Date taken: 16 June 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050616adf8239682_192 An Iraqi and his young camel pass through a vehicle checkpoint where Captain Toby Storm of Wauchope (NSW) and the Iraqi Army are conducting a patrol as part of the Al Muthanna Task Group and the Australian Army Training Team's mission of training the Iraqi Army. (Date taken: 16 June 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050616adf8239682_204 Captain Toby Storm of Wauchope (NSW) talks with local Iraqis at a vehicle checkpoint where the Australian Army Training Team, as part of the Al Muthanna Task Group, are conducting training activities with the Iraqi Army. (Date taken: 16 June 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050616adf8239682_440 Captain Toby Storm of Wauchope (NSW) from the Australian Army Training Team, with members of the Iraqi Army at a vehicle checkpoint over the recently opened Slaibat Bridge near the town of Al Khidr. (Date taken: 16 June 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050618adf8239682_130 Dusk in the desert near the town of Al Khidr where the Australian Army Training Team and the Iraqi Army were on patrol during the conduct of a vehicle checkpoint. (Date taken: 16 June 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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