The cover image of WM issue 4 shows a convoy of 3RAR’s Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles (PMVs) departing the range at the conclusion of a photoshoot.
31 August 2008. Camp Holland (Multinational Base Tarin Kowt). 3RAR on the move.
Australian forces, including members of the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) and the 2/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) gathered, along with soldiers of the Royal Netherlands Army and their Panzerhaubitze (Armoured Howitzer) 2000 (PzH 2000) ‘Maximus’, for a group portrait.
Camp Holland (Multinational Base Tarin Kowt). A convoy of Bushmasters of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) depart the Tarin Kowt Range
Members of Reconstruction Task 4 (RTF-4), including 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) prepare for a group photograph at Camp Holland (Multinational Base Tarin Kowt).
An ASLAV of the 2/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) at Tarin Kot Range.
In 2008, 3RAR deployed a company group to Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, as part of Reconstruction Task Force 4. During their deployment, 3RAR’s soldiers assisted in establishing a patrol base in the Baluchi Valley and provided security to Australian and US engineers as they constructed bridges over the Andar and Moqur Rivers in Zabul and Ghanzi Provinces respectively.
The series of images was captured by Australian War Memorial Official Photographer Gary Ramage at the Tarin Kowt range. The full group image can be found at P07964.085.
Members of Reconstruction Task Force 4 (RTF-4) at Camp Holland in the Multinational Base at Tarin Kot, 2008.
