Operation SLIPPER: Image Gallery
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| Christmas for 1st Reconstruction Task Force in Afghanistan Sergeant Celleste Greenwood and other Victorian members of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force prepare for Christmas celebrations in Afghanistan. Also pictured is: Private Belinda Rowe, Corporal Tim Condon, Trooper Bohden Wharton, Private Kieron Sewell, Lance Corporal Leon Gray and Lance Corporal Ramon Fenton. (Date uploaded: 25 December - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| Latest ADF construction work in Afghanistan Sapper Tim Lee from the Darwin-based 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, cuts some timber to length during a visit to a nearby village to conduct repairs and maintenance on one of the many mosques in the Oruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 22 December - 10 images) View Gallery |
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| Latest images from Operation SLIPPER An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle provides protection as part of a Reconstruction Task Force reconnaissance patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 13 December - 37 images) View Gallery |
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| Letters from St Andrew's Primary School in Darwin Corporal Jason Lane from the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment reads through a letter he just received from one of the students of St Andrew's Primary School in Darwin, asking about life on operations in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 12 December - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| Troops enjoy a game of cricket in southern Afghanistan Sergeant Sean McElhinney from the Darwin based 2nd Cavalry Regiment keeps his eye on the ball during a game of cricket played by the troops of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 11 December - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| Latest images from Operation SLIPPER Private Matthew Moodie from the Darwin-based 5th/7th Royal Australian Regiment lowers the regiments flag during a parade to mark the separation of the regiment into the 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment and the 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 07 December - 03 images) View Gallery |
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| 99th anniversary of the foundation of the Australian Intelligence Corp in southern Afghanistan 1st Reconstruction Task Force Chaplain Captain Richard Whereat delivers a reading during a commemorative service to mark the 99th anniversary of the foundation of the Australian Intelligence Corp in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 07 December - 04 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation SLIPPER An Australian C130J-30 Hercules taxies in after making another successful landing in Tarin Kowt southern Afghanistan. On board is a load of vital supplies for the 1st Reconstruction Task Force. (Date uploaded: 05 December - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation SLIPPER 1st Reconstruction Task Force Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan presents one of the graduating students with his new tool bag for completing the 1st Reconstruction Task Force Trade Training course in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 05 December - 04 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation SLIPPER 1st Reconstruction Task Force Warrant Officer Class 2 Darren Moylan boxes up aid packages to be delivered to the Tarin Kowt hospital in southern Afghanistan. The aid packages will be handed over to the hospital staff so that they can be given to the local Afghan women that visit the hospital to give birth. (Date uploaded: 04 December - 16 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation SLIPPER Soldiers from the 5/7 Royal Australian Regiment disembark an Australian C130J-30 Hercules on the ground in southern Afghanistan. The troops from the 5/7 Royal Australian Regiment will make up the final part of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 04 December - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation SLIPPER - Chinooks Australian Reconstruction Task Force soldiers disembark a United States Air Force CH-47 Chinook helicopter on the ground in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 24 November - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation SLIPPER Australian Reconstruction Task Force Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Ryan (left) welcomes a local Afghan leader to an engineer forum to discus current and future reconstruction tasks in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 24 November - 03 images) View Gallery |
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| Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd visits troops in southern Afghanistan 1st Reconstruction Task Force Major Brent Maddock (left) updates Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd (right) about current operations in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 22 November - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation SLIPPER Corporal Malcolm Mercieca scans the open ground as a convoy of Australian Bushmaster vehicles begin a patrol around Oruzgan province in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 20 November - 28 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian troops visit Tarin Kowt boys' school Lance Corporal Jason Lefevre (centre) from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, confirms movement orders with two Dutch soldiers attached with an Australian patrol to secure the local Tarin Kowt boys' school in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 20 November - 14 images) View Gallery |
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| Remembrance Day service in southern Afghanistan 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers parade to remember the Australian soldiers that have gone before them during a Remembrance Day service in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 14 November - 08 images) View Gallery |
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| Latest images from Operation SLIPPER Carpenter Sapper Lee Flanavin from the Darwin-based 1st Combat Engineer Regiment inspects the work of a student from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force Trade Training Course, during their first lesson in basic carpentry in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 09 November - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| 1st Reconstruction Task Forces TK Derby carnival donkey race Sergeant Ben Mitchell (right) volunteers to be a field marshal for the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) Workshop entry into the 1st Reconstruction Task Forces TK Derby carnival donkey race. The TK Derby is part of the 1st Reconstruction Task Forces Melbourne Cup celebrations in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 07 November - 12 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation SLIPPER Private Adam Marsh from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment waits for his orders to move during a patrol in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 02 November - 12 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation SLIPPER 1st Combat Engineer Regiment Warrant Officer Class 2 John Watson gives a lesson on basic building techniques to members of the Afghan National Army in southern Afghanistan. This training is taking place prior to the two forces working together in the province of Oruzgan. (Date uploaded: 02 November - 08 images) View Gallery |
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| Personnel from 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment during weapons training in Oruzgan Province A final briefing for 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment personnel during weapons range practise in Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 25 October 2006 - 08 images) View Gallery |
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| Future construction tasks for the Trade Training Building Major Bernie Gaynor with the Australian National Flag that he was given as a gift to take to southern Afghanistan (Date uploaded: 25 October 2006 - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| CDF, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, visits Australian troops serving in Afghanistan The Chief of the Australian Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, speaks to the men and women of the 1st Reconstruction Task Force in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 11 October 2006 - 22 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation SLIPPER 1st Combat Signals Regiment, Signalman Stefan Holod tests the communications system on the Australian Bushmaster for the 1st Reconstruction Task Force in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 06 October 2006 - 02 images) View Gallery |
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| Radio antenna tower for base communications 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers work their way up as they bolt together a 30-metre radio antenna tower for base communications in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 06 October 2006 - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| C130J-30 Hercules aircraft takes off from Oruzgan Province An Australian C130J-30 Hercules takes off from a dirt airstrip in Afghanistan after flying in with a load of supplies for the Australian Reconstruction Task Force (RTF). (Date uploaded: 06 October 2006 - 04 images) View Gallery |
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| Latest images from Operation SLIPPER Corporal (CPL) Glenn Miller a carpenter with the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment training a locally-employed Afghan civilian in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 06 October 2006 - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| ASLAV Bushmasters during Operation SLIPPER Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers stand on high ground as they wait for orders to move out. (Date uploaded: 06 October 2006 - 21 images) View Gallery |
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| Dutch and Australian vehicle mechanics sharing knowledge of Bushmaster Dutch 1st Lieutenant Marlon Degroot (left) shares a joke with 1st Combat Engineer Regiment Warrant Officer Class 1 Chris Carroll (centre) at a meeting between Dutch and Australian vehicle maintainers in Southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 29 September 2006 - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation SLIPPER Dutch Corporal 1st Class David Abekassis (right) talks to camp construction supervisor Captain Jennifer Egan (left) about future works to be completed around the Australian camp in Southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 29 September 2006 - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian Reconstruction Task Force soldiers in Southern Afghanistan Australian Reconstruction Task Force soldiers disembark an Australian C-130J Hercules on the ground in Southern Afghanistan on 20 September. (Date uploaded: 29 September 2006 - 09 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation SLIPPER A Dutch C-130 Hercules comes in fast and low with Dutch Defence Minister Henricus Gregorius Jozeph Kamp on board in Southern Afghanistan. The Defence Minister is in Afghanistan to meet with troops from the Dutch and Australian Reconstruction Task Forces. (Date uploaded: 27 September 2006 - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force Australian 1st Reconstruction Task Force soldiers lend a helping hand putting a roof on a Dutch office building. (Date uploaded: 27 September 2006 - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| Arrival in Afghanistan Lieutenant Matthew Ford of the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment scans the horizon as force protection for the arrival of the Reconstruction Task Force troops in Southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 22 September 2006 - 08 images) View Gallery |
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| Gigasat FF370 satellite dish Corporal Liam Cooper installs the dish panels to the Gigasat FF370 satellite dish at the Australian Reconstruction Task Force camp in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 21 September 2006 - 04 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation SLIPPER Warrant Officer Class 2 Helen Brown connects dish panels to the CMST satellite dish installed for communications back to Australia. (Date uploaded: 20 September 2006 - 09 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian Bushmasters Australian Bushmasters provide protection for the Reconstruction Task Force troops in Southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 20 September 2006 - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) rolls around camp providing protection for the Reconstruction Task Force troops in southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 20 September 2006 - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| Latest Images from Operation SLIPPER Soldiers from the Australian Reconstruction Task Force (RTF) for Afghanistan, Warrant Officer Class 1 Chris Carroll (left) and Warrant Officer Class 1 John Heffernan (right) collect their equipment and prepare for weapons handling test at the Force Level Logistics Asset Compound in the Middle East. (Date uploaded: 18 September 2006 - 16 images) View Gallery |
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| Latest Images from Operation SLIPPER An Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) rolls around camp on the dusty roads in Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 18 September 2006 - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| AUSSIE RECONSTRUCTION TASK FORCE ON THE GROUND In the wide open spaces of Afghanistan an Australian forklift moves pallets from a recently landed aircraft. (Date uploaded: 18 September 2006 - 15 images) View Gallery |
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| Defence Minister visits Reconstruction Task Force Captain Jennifer Egan (centre left) briefs Minister for Defence Dr Brendon Nelson (far left) on camp construction and future works. With them is Brigadier General Jan Peter Spijk (centre right) and Colonel Theo Vleugels (far right) from the Netherlands. (Date uploaded: 01 September 2006 - 17 images) View Gallery |
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| Memorial service for the 10th anniversary of the Black Hawk tragedy, Kandahar, Afghanistan The CAMP BAKER plaque following its dedication on 12th June 2006. (Date uploaded: 22 June 2006 - 03 images) View Gallery |
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