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1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force Regimental Sergeant Major, Warrant Officer Class 1, Dave Allen, checks the perimeter during patrols in the desert region in Southern Afghanistan.
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Australia’s latest contribution to the rebuilding of Afghanistan, the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force commenced operations in Uruzgan Province in mid October 2008.
The Task Force is lead by the Darwin based 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and is the first Infantry commanded group to operate in Afghanistan.
Continuing on the excellent work achieved by earlier Reconstruction Task Forces, the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force has the added mission of training and mentoring members of the Afghan National Army.
The new role is designed to provide better security into the future, complementing the ongoing efforts to rebuild infrastructure for the people of Afghanistan.
Based at Tarin Kowt in Southern Afghanistan, 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force operates as part of the Netherlands's lead Task Force Uruzgan.
The True Story of the S.A.S. in Afghanistan
After 9/11 our Nation sent the Aussie S.A.S. into harm’s way to protect us. 25 years later, their suffering continues. The S.A.S. now tell their story of what really happened in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Featuring exclusive, never before seen interviews with officers and soldiers of the S.A.S.. As Prime Ministers Rudd, Howard and Abbott tell for the first time what they knew; and the brave pilots of the American Army reveal what they saw.
Most heartbreaking of all are the stories by the wives, mothers, widows, and children left behind.
This is their story, in their words, of the S.A.S. in the War on Terror.
