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Army
engineering regiment departs from Banda Aceh
The Australian Army's 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (1CER) has
been in Banda Aceh for two months and, in a farewell gesture,
held a parade of thanks for the locals and lowered their flag
in a parting gesture.
Preventing
the second wave
The
deadly tsunami that swept across the northwest coast of Aceh did
more than destroy the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
Finger
on the pulse
A
commander is only as good at the information he gets, and in disaster
relief operations bad information can cost lives.
A
shore thing
It
took the Navy to move the engineers to Banda Aceh, but it's the
Army that got them ashore.
Intensive
care
The young girl has only an hour or so to live.
Happy
to be SAD
The
soldiers who are assigned as crew to HMAS Kanimbla are a SAD bunch
- and they love it.
Paper
trail blazer
No matter where or when the troops deploy, you can be sure of
one thing - there will be a mountain of paperwork to deal with.
Support
for the troops
Disaster relief operations consume aid supplies and equipment
by the tonne, and you need more than heaven and earth to move
them.
Coordinators
of hope
The
rush to help the people of Aceh province in Indonesia has been
incredible. But without coordination the relief operation could
easily turn into chaos.
Witnessed
by the world
You
can't tell them apart by their uniform. Working
shoulder to shoulder with their full-time colleagues, the 40 members
of the ADF Reserves who were initially assigned to Operation Sumatra
Assist have played an important part in relieving the suffering
of the Indonesians who survived the devastating Boxing Day earthquake
and tsunami.
Choppers
from heaven
On
the west coast of Aceh the Boxing Day tsunami has cut the main
road in many places.
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