Latest Australian Defence Force Pics 05/08/07

[AussieNick]

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.

 

[AussieNick]

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.

 

[SigJohnson]

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

 

[Team Infidel]

good pics... keep them coming

 

[AussieNick]

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

 

[AussieNick]

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.

 

[Team Infidel]

another great batch

 

[A Can of Man]

Great photos.

 

[AussieNick]

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

 

[AussieNick]

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

 

[AussieNick]

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.

 

[Maytime]

Top notch pics sir

 

[AussieNick]

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

 

[AussieNick]

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

 

[Team Infidel]

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

 

[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.

 

[AussieNick]

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.

 

[Team Infidel]

very nice as usual

 

[AussieNick]

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.

 

[AussieNick]

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.