Sergeant David Poulter from the 108th Signal Squadron (Reserve) performing a radio check at Maritine Headquaters in Honiara, Solomon Islands




Private Belinda Wozniak, 21 from Adelaide (SA) with the 48th Field Battery (Reserve), chats with her employer Mr Brenton Eyers of the South Australian Police, at the American and Allied War Memorial overlooking Honiara on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.




Lieutenant David Knoff (RAinf) of Victoria from the 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment (RVR), wears the the Regiment's Traditional Headress, the Tam O'Shanter at the Combined Task Force (CTF) 635 Headquarters on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.




Pipe Major Sgt Andrew Iverson of the Combined Pipes and Drums of the Royal Australian Regiment performs a sunset lament from the steely walls on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.




A C-130H flying over the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria




Flight Lieutenants Ken Carroll and Nick Dyce-Mcgon control air traffic at Baghdad International Airport.




Sergeant John Levi investigates local dispute over water at Baghdad International Airport.




F111s making their way along the taxiways at RAAF Tindal, heading towards take-off.

Top notch pics sir

Construction Engineer Lance Corporal Gabriel Stewart clears snow from plant equipment in Afghanistan




MP Sheridan Bonney in Dili, East Timor




Warrant Officer (Company Sergeant Major) Darcy Wagner in Timor as the CSM of JTF HQ. Wags is the old CSM of D Coy 10/27 RSAR




RAAF C-130 Hercules deploying soldiers by parachute over Shoalwater Bay Training Area




A 3RAR soldier retrieves his harness and parachute after landing in Shoalwater Bay Training Area




Paratroopers from 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, prepare to parachute from a No 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules




A 3RAR section commander designating arcs of fire to two soldiers after landing in Shoalwater Bay Training Area




Private Daniel Richardson of C Company 5/7 RAR at rest before beginning a live-fire assault with Leopard Tanks from the 1st Armoured Regiment

Combat Engineers from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment manouevre a Floating Support Bridge (FSB) carrying an Armoured Personnel Carrier at Shoalwater Bay




Private Daniel Richardson of C Company 5/7 RAR fires a F88 Austeyr during a live-fire assault with Leopard Tanks from the 1st Armoured Regiment




Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army Warrant Officer Kevin Woods will retire on February 29 after a distinguished 34-year career.




Tower duty almost over, a Digger looks out in the early morning light to scan the ground in front of the camp in Southern Iraq




Trooper Anthony Booth, from Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment, practises 'dry fire' drills at Gallipoli Barracks, Brisbane, as part of the Baghdad bound Security Detachment 10.




Corporal Patrick Eagan (rear), Private Thomas Squires (centre with paper) and Private Benjamin Armstrong (front), all from the 2nd Battalion of The Royal Australian Regiment, chat amongst themselves in the back of an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle before heading out on patrol in Iraq




A digger from combat team tiger takes a knee in the growing darkness of Southern Iraq




Private (Pte) Mitchell "Tubby" Standing gives the thumbs up from the top cover position of an Australian Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle (IMV) while on patrol in Iraq

very nice..........

Served with Lobascher in 2006 in Timor when I was attached to 2RAR. Awesome bloke and left me his gloves when he went home and I stayed on. Good to see he got the optimal deployment in the Infantry and a promotion.

Originally Posted by Wallabies

Served with Lobascher in 2006 in Timor when I was attached to 2RAR. Awesome bloke and left me his gloves when he went home and I stayed on. Good to see he got the optimal deployment in the Infantry and a promotion.

It's a small world... and an even smaller army.




Members of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) fire an M252 81mm mortar in Afghanistan





2 Squadron Wedgetail, Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft flying over Sydney Harbour Bridge.




Recruits from the Special Forces Direct Recruiting Scheme conduct a live fire Fighting On Fortified Objective (FOFO) bunker assault as part of their training for entry into Special Operations Command.




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 (old photo from the Pakistan earthquake crisis)




Two Australian medical personnel are winched to a hovering Black Hawk helicopter in the village of Bailgiran, Kashmir, during continuation training.




HMAS Cessnock sends a boarding party to search an unidentified foreign fishing vessel in Australian waters during a patrol under Operation Cranberry.




Armidale Class Patrol Boat in Cockburn Sound Western Austalia.

very nice as usual

Private Brant Logan (standing) and Private Matthew Zejfert, from the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment's Mortar Platoon, prepare to fire their 81mm mortar during a fire support mission in the Chora region of Afghanistan




A Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle from Reconstruction Task Force Three heads off across the rugged countryside of the Chora region of Afghanistan.




A digger from 2 RAR takes a knee by a freezing creek in Chora Valley




A group of Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicles break hide in the Chora Valley




An Australian Armoured Mack Truck sits in wait while a camel train passes by




An up armoured Royal Australian Engineer bulldozer from the Reconstruction Task Force




A soldier from Reconstruction Task Force Three recovers weapons and ammunition used in an attack on the Australian positions. Only bits and pieces here, but a large amount of weapons were recovered during the action




Corporal Damian Woods and Corporal Ty Mcrae from the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, now serving with Reconstruction Task Force Three in Afghanistan, log information into the Personal Data Assistants carried by all Section Commanders following their return from a patrol.

An ASLAV Personnel Carrier from 2/14 Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) returns to its dug-in overwatch position during Operation Shar Markaz.




Warrant Officer Class Two Martin Thompson from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, now serving with Reconstruction Task Force Three, instructs soldiers from the Afghanistan National Army in the finer points of putting up wire defences.




The sun sets over the Australian flag hoisted high above an Australian Army Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle from Reconstruction Task Force Three during Operation Shar Markaz in the Dorafshan region of Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.




(From R-L) Corporal Jarred (Bingo) Bingham and Private Damien Brown from 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment conduct night routine in the late hours of the afternoon during Reconstruction Task Force Three's Operation Shar Markaz.




Major Jim Kmet from Reconstruction Task Force Three comes face to face with some of the local animal life while out on patrol in the Dorafshan region during Operation Shar Markaz.




A soldier on a short halt from a patrol in the Dorafshan region of Oruzgan Province of Afghanistan during Operation Shar Markaz.




Sapper Rodney Johnstone and another soldier from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, now serving with Reconstruction Task Force Three, carry a wooden beam across the worksite during construction of a checkpoint as part of Operation Shar Markaz.




Commanding Officer Reconstruction Task Force Three Lieutenant Colonel David Wainwright (right) speaks with a local Afghan man about the situation in the Dorafshan region of Oruzgan province whilst out on a patrol during Operation Shar Markaz.