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14 July 2003
Australian Defence Force personnel on operation in the Middle East Area of Operation

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Australian Military Police from the 1st Military Police Battalion (Sydney) providing close protection for the Australian Head Of Mission to Iraq.
(Date taken: 18 June 2003)

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Corporal James from the Australian Explosive Ordnance Disposal team inspects some ordnance found at the Baghdad Zoo.

(Date taken: 21 June 2003)
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A RAAF C130 Hercules airborne over the Middle East Area of Operations.

(Date taken: 23 June 2003)

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Providing critical logistic support to coalition air operations in the Middle East are RAAF Combat Support Element members Flying Officer Nick Willes, Corporal Col Moon, Leading Aircraftman Corey Corbey and Flight Sergeant Mick Hanna.
(Date taken: 23 June 2003)
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Corporal Shane Moffit from RAAF's Air Load Team is given a hand by United States Air Force Crew Chief TSGT Donald Alexander to push a load of coalition stores onto a RAAF Hercules headed to Baghdad.
(Date taken: 23 June 2003)
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RAAF aircrew check personal weapons before flying a mission over Iraq.
(Date taken: 23 June 2003)
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Crossing the border into Iraq, a RAAF C130 Hercules loadmaster straps into to a saftey harness.
(Date taken: 23 June 2003)
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A RAAF C130 Hercules returns home to its Middle East base at dusk after a mission to Baghdad.
(Date taken: 23 June 2003)
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A United States CH47 Chinook hovers over a RAAF C130 Hercules at Baghdad International Airport.
(Date taken: 23 June 2003)
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Corporal Grant Gripsky of 2nd Cavalry Regiment. He is part of an Australian Army ASLAV crew from the security detachment based in Baghdad, meeting a RAAF C130 Hercules at Baghdad International Airport.
(Date taken: 23 June 2003)
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On the taxi-way at Baghdad International Airport, the control tower looms large in the windscreen of a RAAF C130 Hercules deployed in the Middle East.
(Date taken: 23 June 2003)
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Before crossing into Iraq, RAAF C130 Hercules flight crew kit up with ballistic vests and helmets.
(Date taken: 23 june 2003)
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On the night shift Corporal Clare O'Driscoll inspects the top of a RAAF C130 Hercules for signs of embedded grime during a routine maintainence check.
(Date taken: 23 June 2003)
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Sergeant Welsh, the Squadron Quartermaster from C Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment, delivers stores to the Australian security detachment in Baghdad.
(Date taken: 23 June 2003)
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Sergeant Welsh, the Squadron Quartermaster from C Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment, delivers stores to the Australian security detachment in Baghdad.
(Date taken: 23 June 2003)
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For soldiers deployed to Iraq maintaining fitness is vital. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and 2nd Cavalry Regiment have built an open-air gym on the rooftop of their accommodation building in Baghdad.
(Date taken: 26 June 2003)
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In Baghdad, Sergeant Amber Rule and Private Adam Kent participate in an Air Medical Evacuation exercise with United States and Australian Defence Force personnel using a US Blackhawk helicopter to simulate the evacuation of ‘injured’ personnel for treatment at a medical facility.
(Date taken: 27 June 2003)
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Australian Military Police go through road routes and convoy orders before leaving on a task in Baghdad.
(Date taken: 27 june 2003)
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Craftsman Mason Bennett carries out some final checks on some much needed electrical work on Australian facilities in Baghdad. CFN Bennett has had his work cut out for him, being the only Australian Army electrical technician in Baghdad.
(Date taken: 28 June 2003)
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In Baghdad, Sergeant Amber Rule and Private Adam Kent participate in an Air Medical Evacuation exercise with United States and Australian Defence Force personnel using a US Blackhawk helicopter to simulate the evacuation of ‘injured’ personnel for treatment at a medical facility.
(Date taken: 30 June 2003)
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