Corporal Daniel Lobascher in an Observation Post in the Chora Valley



Australian camouflage works particularly well in blizzard conditions as Private Clinton Maynard, Gunner David cott & Sergeant Lloyd Brandon demonstrate.



An Australian patrol from the Reconstruction Task Force takes a break in the Chora valley in Afghanistan.



Lieutenant Ben Watson, RTF, Captain Chis (a Dutch Afghan National Army (ANA) mentor) and ANA soldiers discuss the plan for a joint patrol in the Chora Valley, Afghanistan.



Sergeant Lloyd Brandon and Lieutenant Ben Watson, on patrol with the Reconstruction Task Force.



Supervising engineer on the project to build the Afghan National Army a patrol base, Captain Rob Haertsch patrols the worksite in the Chora Valley after a storm clears.



Personnel from Timor-Leste Battle Group 3 dismount at Aileu.




Personnel from Timor-Leste Battle Group 3 at Aileu.

Personnel from Timor-Leste Battle Group 3 work with Timor Police




A Royal New Zealand Air Force Iroquois from Timor-Leste Battle Group 3 at Aileu.




New Zealander and Australian soldiers drop into Aileu during combined ops





Timor-Leste Battle Group New Zealand contingent Private Tunata performs at Camp Phoenix in Dili as part of "The Pohiri" - a traditional Maori warrior challenge - as Brigadier James Baker assumes command of the International Stabilisation Force , Timor Leste.




Brigadier James Baker is welcomed to his new command ot the International Stabilisation Force by members of the Maori Culture Group (Timor - Leste Battle Group) performing "The Pohiri", a traditional challenege and welcoming ceremony.




Brigadier John Hutchenson officially hands over command to Brigadier James Baker.

keep em coming nick, good to see what our digs are up to around the place
dave

good pics... keep them coming

Sniper teams practice in Iraq




HMAS Tobruk undertakes a beach landing during Ex Sea Lion




Australian soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan aboard the Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle (IMV)



An SAS LRRPV heads out on patrol




Commandos firing 84mm Carl Gustav from a bunker roof by night




An SAS outrider chats to an Afghan local



An SAS Patrol returns




Aussie Special Forces [SASR, 4 RAR (CDO), 1 Commando Regiment) soldiers board a C-130 to move to another TAOR within Afghanistan

Air Load Team members of the Australian Special Forces Task Group (SFTG) unload equipment off a United States Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules at a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Afghanistan while United States Army CH47 Chinook Helicopters take off in the background.




Engineers and Special Forces soldiers construct outer defences in Afghanistan




A Blackhawk helicopter from 5th Aviation Regiment, from Townsville, lands on a feature known as "The Lord of the Rings" during a high altitude mission in the Ermera district to the south of Dili, Timor-Leste.




Operation Astute, ANZAC Battle Group's Alpha Company, 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment's Private S. Cadzow feels the intense heat at Tacitolu just outside Dili, Timor - Leste.

another great batch

Great photos.

Corporal Andrew Summers Supervises Leading Aircraftman Mathieu Matteucy during some avionics work in the wheel well of an AP-3C Orion.




Flight Sergeant (FSGT) David Vreugdenburg and FSGT Richard Balforth reload sonor bouys.




A soldier from the Reconstruction Task Force Security Task Group (STG) - also known as Combat Team Spear - keeps a smile up as the snow comes down in the Chora Valley.




Members of the Maritime Patrol Task Group assigned to the Middle East gather for a photo in front of an AP-3C Orion aircraft at their base in the Middle East. In front is Commander Task Group 633.2 Wing Commander Stephen Hanrahan.




Pictured (L-R) with an ASLAV is Sergeant Mick Wynd, Michelle Barker, Sergeant Leigh McNab, Melanie Atkins and Lance Corporal Steven Simpson. The Army personnel are from Army Logistics Training Centre, Albury Wodonga. The girls are promo girls at the Summernats in Canberra




Chief of Army Lieutenant General Peter Leahy is all smiles after returning from a quick spin around the Summernats to show off the Australian Army "Armygeddon"street machine. Armygeddon is a Land Rover Defender 110. It has taken on various reincarnations as an Army promo vehicles. Right now it is burn-out car.




Craftsman Tyrone Tynan from No.1 Aviation Regiment with the Tiger Armed Recconaisance Helicopter




Private Lukas Woolley (rear) checks ammunition state with Private Daniel Ball (foreground) during a combined infantry and armoured op

Private Thomas "Blue" Kelsey reloads the main gun of an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle after completing a range practice.




Australian Soldiers move Iraqi civilians away from Australian forces




84mm Carl Gustav crews fire their weapons in southern Iraq.




An ASLAV-PC fires smoke during a range practice




Trooper Raymond Callow, an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle driver - peers out from his driver's hole




Lieutenant Alexander Bearse, Platoon Commander of callsign W63, watches a Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle prepare to relocate during a range practice.




Lance Corporal Henry Waller (D Coy, 2RAR) Timor-Leste Battle Group 3, assists the CIMIC Teams with their surveying of local medical facililies in the remote distict of Balibo, Timor-Leste.




Major Matthew Campbell (right) and Sheikh Ali Manshed (left), discuss local security and community issues in Iraq