June 3rd, 2006  
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Post; New Australian Defence Force Pictures


Here are some of the latest update photos of what the Australian army is up to at the moment.


Soldiers from 3RAR search a local gang member as part of Operation Astute in Dili


Australian soldiers from the 3rd Battalion arrive in a Dili street to quell an outbreak of violence


More violence quelling, although it looks like these guys are from 5/7th Battalion.


HMAS Manoora lies at anchor off the coast of Dili, Timor-Leste, during Operation Astute as plumes of smoke rise into the air from the city.


Blackhawks fly over Comoro


APCs (Armoured Personnel Carriers) from 3/4 Cavalry Regiment enter the front gates to the Dili wharf precinct to strengthen security while HMAS TOBRUK unload troops and equipment ashore at Dili harbour, Timor-Leste, during Op Astute.


ASLAVs from 2nd Cavalry Regiment closed down and about to be hit by a dust storm in Iraq


The commanding officer of the Australian Army Training Team Iraq, Lieutenant Colonel Shaun Oleary, waiting for a Royal Air Force Merlin helicopter to land in Al Salman, southern Iraq.


Diggers from 3 RAR as part of SECDET 9 attend the memorial service for Private Jake Kovco in Baghdad.


Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAVs) and support vehicles of Combat Team Courage, Al Muthanna Task Group, in southern Iraq. Go Cavalry


Australian Bombadier instructing French soldiers on Exercise Croix Du Sud (southern cross). It is a multinational exercise in New Caledonia combining Australian, French, New Zealand, Tongan and other Pacific States.


Australian soldiers from 4 Field Regiment, 108 Battery, scramble up a hill to take tactical possession of high ground at the beachhead in Canala Bay, New Caledonia, during Exercise Croix du Sud 2006.


HMAS Sydney ship's company march along George Street.


A commando from 4th Battalion in Martin Place in Sydney before the ANZAC day march.
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Platoon Commander, 6 Platoon, B Company
10/27th Battalion
Royal South Australia Regiment

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