Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG)
On 24 April 2005 the advance party of the Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) deployed in its Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAVs) from a Coalition military base in the Middle East to its Iraq operating base, Camp Smitty, in the southern Iraq province of Al Muthanna. The Task group comprises troops from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
The advance party will prepare for the arrival of the remainder of the AMTG, which will progressively deploy into the Middle East Area of Operations between mid-April and May 2005.
The AMTG’s mission is to provide security and support for the Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group and the Australian Army Training Team – Iraq, which will train parts of the Iraqi Army.
in the Iraqi Army as part of the Australian Government's commitment to the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Iraq.
The following pictures courtesy Dept of Defence:
Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) road move
from a Coalition Military base in the Middle East to its operating base at Camp
Smitty - Iraq.
Departure from Darwin
Arrival in Camp Smitty, Iraq