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Black
Hawk helicopter prepares for an under-slung load
An
Australian Army Black Hawk helicopter is prepared for an under-slung
load as part of a humanitarian mission. The Black Hawk helicopters
are from 5 Aviation Regiment in Townsville.
(Date
uploaded: 16 March 2006 - 6 images)
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Mission
accomplished in Operation Pakistan Assist
Members
of the Australian Defence Force medical contingent under Operation
Pakistan Assist board their aircraft for return to Australia.
(Date uploaded: 9 March 2006 - 3 images)
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Pakistan
Assist Handover
A
farewell ceremony to thank the Australian primary health team
members was conducted in Dhanni. The ceremony thanked the Australian
contingent for their work and support in the Neelum Valley region.
(Date uploaded: 3 March 2006 - 11 images)
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Images
from Operation Pakistan Assist -
medical team
aptain
Matthew Colquhoun repairs a blocked drain at Camp Bradman, the
base for the Australian Medical team in the Dhanni region. A
cold front came through the mountain area and brought 48 hours
of heavy rain.
(Date uploaded: 3 March 2006 - 2 images)
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from Operation Pakistan Assist
The
last patient from the primary health facility at Camp Bradman,
Dhanni is evacuated to the hospital at Muzaffarabad.
(Date uploaded: 3 March 2006 - 2 images)
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from Operation Pakistan Assist
Major
General Kahlid Nawaz, Commander 12th Division, Pakistan Armed
Forces thanks the Australian contingent for their work during
Operation Pakistan Assist.
(Date uploaded: 3 March 2006 - 7 images)
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Pakistan Army farewells ADF humanitarian mission
Traditional sword dancing was part of the entertainment when personnel of the Australian Defence Force humanitarian mission in Kashmir under Operation Pakistan Assist were treated to a programme of Pakistan food and culture during a farewell function hosted by the Pakistan Army 25 Mountain Regiment Artillery and 28 Infantry Brigade.
(Date uploaded: 3 March 2006 -31 images)
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from Operation Pakistan Assist
Members
of the Australian Defence Force, assisted by the Pakistan Defence
Force, deliver school supplies as a farewell gift to a local
village. The majority of schools in the Dhanni region were destroyed
by the October 2005 earthquake, but reconstruction completed
by the Pakistan Defence Force and many aid organisations have
enabled many schools to reopen. The gift of school supplies
includes pens, paper and school bags for the students and markers
and paper for the teachers.
(Date uploaded: 3 March 2006 - 10 images)
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An
American loadmaster passes another case of water to Corporal
Greg Milne (right) while Major Tanya Bennett waits next in line
to load a Chinook helicopter for an early morning re-supply
flight to the Australian outpost at Camp Bradman near Dhanni
in Kashmir.
(Date uploaded: 20 February 2006 - 26 images)
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ADF
takes medical help to remote Kanur
Private
Kyle 'Squish' Potter gives a young girl of the village of Kanur
an oral vaccine.
(Date uploaded: 13 February 2006 - 17 images)
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from Operation Pakistan Assist
Major
Raffaele Scicchitano examines a local villager during Operation
Longreach to the village of Kailgiran, high in the Himalayan
Mountains. The Medical team were part of a regular operation
taking humanitarian medical aid to remote villages in the Neelum
Valley.
(Date uploaded: 09 February 2006 - 10 images)
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Captain
Steven Cleggett (AUSCAM shirt) watches as Craftsman Luke Buchanan
leaps high in the air to 'Spike' the ball during an international
volleyball game against the US Army during Australia Day celebrations
at Qasim Aviation Base in Pakistan.
(Date uploaded: 09 February 2006 - 18 images)
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Australian
pies on Australia Day in Kashmir
Australian
Defence Force personnel enjoy Australian meat pies for lunch
on Australia Day, high in the mountains of Kashmir.
(Date uploaded: 25 January 2006 - 1 image)
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Australia
Day on Operation Pakistan Assist
The
flag, Vegemite and the zinc cream and hats all add to the flavour
of Australia Day at Camp Bradman.
(Date uploaded: 25 January 2006 - 1 image)
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Phoning
home from Operation Pakistan Assist
An
Australian Defence Force medical team is working in Pakistan
and Kashmir as part of a humanitarian mission to provide vital
health care assistance to people affected by the 8 October 2005
South Asia earthquakes.
(Date uploaded: 24 January 2006 - 1 image)
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CDF
visits Operation Pakistan Assist personnel
The
Chief of the Australian Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal "Angus"
Houston (left) chats with a local villager and his daughter
during a visit to the men and women deployed on Operation Pakistan
Assist at Camp Bradman, near Dhanni, Kashmir.
(Date uploaded: 24 January 2006 - 23images)
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Maintenance
crews keep helos flying in Pakistan and Kashmir
The
maintenance crews of the Australian Army Black Hawk helicopters
work long hours to justify their slogan that "pilots would be
pedestrians" without them.
(Date uploaded: 23 January 2006 - 39 images)
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ADF
medical team travel to Bailgiran, Kashmir, to provide vital
health care assistance
Lieutenant
Tamara Lee, a pharmacist with the Australian Army 1 Health Support
Battalion based at Holsworthy Barracks in Sydney, checks pharmaceutical
supplies at Camp Bradman, near Dhanni, Kashmir.
(Date uploaded: 11 January 2006 - 31 images)
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Backstage
crew of Operation Pakistan Assist
Captain
Connie Jongeneel holds Ohan Ali, a healthy baby boy who is the
first baby born at the Australian Defence Force medical centre
near Dhanni, Kashmir. (Date uploaded: 10 January
2006 - 1 image)
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Backstage
crew of Operation Pakistan Assist
Lance
Corporal Michelle Cohen (standing) and Signaller Andrew Duggan
(kneeling) adjust communications equipment at Camp Bradman.
(Date uploaded: 09 January 2006 - 10 images)
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ADF
medics practise helicopter winching skills in Kashmir
Two
Australian medical personnel are winched to a hovering Black
Hawk helicopter.
(Date uploaded: 09 January 2006 - 13 images)
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ADF
medical team in snowbound Kashmir
Clearing
frozen drains and checking tent rigging has become part of daily
routine due to harsh winter weather conditions at the Australian
Defence Force medical centre, "Camp Bradman", at Dhanni, Kashmir.
(Date uploaded: 05 January 2006 - 26 images)
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First
snow at ADF camp in Kashmir
The
first snow of the Himalayan winter fell on New Years Day in
the tented camp of an Australian Defence Force medical team
working in earthquake-ravaged Kashmir.
(Date uploaded: 04 January 2006 - 4 images)
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Australians
and Pakistani guests celebrate New Year
The
commander of the Australian joint task force for Operation Pakistan
Assist, Colonel Andrew Sims (left), receives a New Year gift
from Brigadier Saleem Mehmood, a senior commander of Pakistan
Army earthquake relief operations, during New Year celebrations
in Dhanni, Kashmir.
(Date uploaded: 04 January 2006 - 4 images)
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Helicopter
maintenance crews support Pakistan aid mission
The
sun burns through early morning mist and smog as Australian
Army maintenance crews complete pre-flight maintenance of Black
Hawk helicopters prior to the first mission of the day from
Qasim Aviation Base, Pakistan.
(Date uploaded: 04 January 2006 - 22 images)
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Australia-Pakistan
cricket match in Kashmir
Leading
Aircraftsman Michael Gunn chats with Pakistan fast bowler Lieutenant
Naeem of the Pakistan Army during the Boxing Day cricket match
between Australian troops and the Pakistan Army 28 Brigade contingent
at Camp Bradman near Dhanni, on the Pakistan side of the Kashmir
line of control.
(Date uploaded: 03 January 2006 - 8 images)
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Australian
Defence Force medical team for
Operation Pakistan Assist
Village
chiefs from the district of Dhanni, Kashmir, were invited in
late December 2005 to see first hand the humanitarian assistance
work being carried out in their area by the Australian Defence
Force contingent under Operation Pakistan Assist.
(Date uploaded: 03 January 2006 - 8 images)
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Medivac
imagery from Operation Pakistan Assist
Captain
Connie Jongeneel waits to hand over a critically ill infant
to waiting Pakistan Army aircrew for an aeromedical evacuation
by helicopter.
(Date uploaded: 03 January 2006 - 5 images)
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Christmas
Day on Operation Pakistan Assist
Members
of the Australian Defence Force medical team in Dhanni, Kashmir,
enjoy a rare break from ration packs with a Christmas lunch
of roast chicken, potatoes and salad followed by dessert of
Christmas cake, plum pudding and ice cream.
(Date uploaded: 26 December 2005 - 6 images)
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Christmas
Eve on Operation Pakistan Assist
Private
Lenny Henderson gives a sick child a Pooh Bear toy and balloon
during a health check in the Australian Defence Force medical
centre in Dhanni, Kashmir. The toys were donated by humanitarian
agencies.
(Date uploaded: 25 December 2005 - 4 images)
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from Operation Pakistan Assist
An
Australian Army Black Hawk helicopter lands on a re-supply mission
at the Australian Defence Force medical centre in Dhanni, Kashmir.
(Date uploaded: 21 December 2005 - 4 images)
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ADF
medics help Pakistan earthquake victims
An
Australian Defence Force medical team is working in Pakistan
and Kashmir as part of a humanitarian mission to provide vital
health care assistance to people affected by the 8 October 2005
South Asia earthquakes.
(Date uploaded: 20 December 2005 - 10 images)
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ADF
medics help Pakistan earthquake victims
An
Australian Defence Force medical team is working in Pakistan
and Kashmir as part of a humanitarian mission to provide vital
health care assistance to people affected by the 8 October 2005
South Asia earthquakes.
(Date uploaded: 19 December 2005 - 10 images)
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ADF
medics help Pakistan earthquake victims
Australian
medics transport an injured local to an Australian Blackhawk
helicopter, for transportation to a hospital in Islamabad.
(Date uploaded: 05 December 2005 - 7 images)
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ADF
medics help Pakistan earthquake victims
Flight
Lieutenant Audra Tan chats with some locals in Dhanni in support
of Pakistan Assist.
(Date uploaded: 29 November 2005 - 9 images)
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Prime
Minister visits Operation Pakistan Assist team
The
Prime Minister, John Howard, and Mrs Howard meet in Islamabad
with (from centre to right) Major David Hafner, Lieutenant Colonel
Brett Greenland, and Colonel Andy Sims, the commanding officer
of the humanitarian assistance mission of Operation Pakistan
Assist.
(Date uploaded: 23 November 2005 - 17 images)
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5th
Aviation Regiment deploy on Operation Pakistan Assist
5th
Aviation Regiment deploy to provide vital health care assistance
to those affected by the recent earthquake.
(Date uploaded: 22 November 2005 - 7 images)
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Mercy
Dash by Army Doctors
Major
David Ward helps evacuate an elderly man into a Pakistani helicopter,
the man is in need of life saving surgery.
(Date uploaded: 22 November 2005 - 13 images)
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from Operation Pakistan Assist
Two
Australian Defence Force medics with an elaborately decorated
local truck used to transship Australian humanitarian supplies
in Islamabad, Pakistan.
(Date uploaded: 22 November 2005 - 52 images)
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Army
5th Aviation Regiment deployed to Pakistan
Members
of the Australian Army 5th Aviation Regiment unload kit and
equipment prior to their departure from Townsville for a humanitarian
assistance mission under Operation Pakistan Assist.
(Date uploaded: 17 November 2005 - 10 images)
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ADF
medical team begins deployment in Pakistan
Members
of the Australian Defence Force team unload humanitarian assistance
stores and personal kit in the town of Dhanni from a United
States of America Chinook helicopter.
(Date uploaded: 17 November 2005 - 26 images)
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ADF
humanitarian mission to Pakistan
Aircraftman
Neil Woods loads a RAAF C-130J Hercules with equipment and supplies
for Operation Pakistan Assist at RAAF Base Richmond.
(Date uploaded: 15 November 2005 - 06 images)
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Australian
Defence Force medical team deploys to Pakistan
An
Australian Defence Force medical team began to deploy into Pakistan
on 11-12 November 2005 to provide vital health care assistance
as part of the Australian Government's relief assistance to
Pakistan following earthquakes on 8 October.
(Date uploaded: 15 November 2005 - 06
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ADF
humanitarian mission arrives in Pakistan
A
Pakistan official greets an Australian soldier arriving at Islamabad
airport, Pakistan, as part of the Australian Defence Force humanitarian
assistance mission.
(Date
uploaded: 15 November 2005 - 19 images)
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