Foro Militar General

This painting and prints were commissioned by members of C Squadron, 5th Aviation regiment while deployed in Afghanistan, and depicts a lone CH-47D helicopter of the Rotary Wing Group as it approaches a dusty landing zone.

Iroquois UH-1H helicopters of 171 Operational Support Squadron, Royal Australian Army during Operation ‘Bel Isi’, Bougainville 1998 - 2000.

A Blackhawk crew winch a family to safety during Operation Queensland Flood Assist 2010 - 2011.

A lone Bell B206B-1 Kiowa from 1st Aviation Regiment conducts an aviation reconnaissance patrol over Dili as part of Operation ASTUTE. The Regiment deployed a four aircraft detachment to strife-torn Timor Leste in June 2006 as part of the Australian-led Stabilisation Force, before returning to Australia in November 2007.

Operation Astute was an Australian-led military deployment to East Timor to quell unrest and return stability in the 2006 East Timor crisis. It was headed by Brigadier Bill Sowry, and commenced on 25 May 2006 under the command of Brigadier Michael Slater. The operation was established at the request of East Timor's government, and continues under an understanding reached between Australia, East Timor, and the United Nations, with the United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor supporting and helping to develop East Timor's police force. Other countries deploying soldiers to East Timor include Malaysia, New Zealand and East Timor's former colonial power Portugal, operating under independent command.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Astute

2 Blackhawks from B Sqn, 5th Aviation Regiment (Australian Army Aviation), about to be joined by two more aircraft to insert a Company Group into the Heliport at Dili when Timor again fell into violence in May 2006.

A new beginning as three become one. Tango, Victor and Uniform callsigns of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps combine to form the Armoured Cavalry Regiment, Cultana South Australia.

The first of 59 M1A1 Abrams to enter service with the Australian Army arrives at Puckapunyal, 2006.

A pair of M1A1 Abrams MBT's of the Australian 1st Armoured Regiment on manoeuvres at the Mt Bundey Training area in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Pictured moving across the Puckerpunyal range, are the four tanks utilised by the First Armoured Regiment since it was raised in July 1949.

Two Leopard AS1 MBT’s of 1 troop, C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment roll across the Mary River Floodplain, late in the Northern Territory dry season.

Three Centurion tanks and an ARV of the Australian Army's Armoured Corps, conduct an early morning patrol accompanied by infantry somewhere in South Vietnam, circa 1970.

Alpha Patrol, 3 Troop. 2 Cavalry Regiment quickly bound across the open ground to their next position at Mount Bundey Training Area.

This painting was commissioned by members of the School Of Artillery to commemorate the introduction of the M777A2 Howitzer into service with the Royal Australian Artillery.

Barry Spicer's painting Operation Slipper - In Service Against Terrorism depicts soldiers of the Mentoring Task Force patrolling through a local village in the Uruzgan Valley during 2010. With a back drop of the steep mountains synonymous with the region the patrol draws interest from local children, as has been the case with many of the activities undertaken by Australians throughout their time in Afghanistan.

Accompanied by an Explosive Detection Dog and the Australian-designed Bushmaster vehicles, providing much needed mobility and protection against the many hazards of operations in Afghanistan, the soldiers wear the Disruptive Pattern Combat Uniform, a move to recognise the uniqueness of the vegetation in the valleys of Uruzgan, as opposed to the Disruptive Pattern Desert Uniform seen in use for many years throughout the Middle East Area of Operations. Their weapons and equipment show a mix of the F88 Steyr, F80 Minimi and MAG58 General Purpose Machine Gun and variations of combat body armour systems and combat load carrying equipment in use at the time.

This painting and associated prints were commissioned by Lieutenant Colonel David Graham, Commanding Officer 1st Armoured Regiment to recognize 1st Regiments service in Afghanistan.

The painting depicts Bushmaster PMV's of 1st Armoured Regiment in company with Afghani National Army soldiers patrolling in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan 2009.