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===Galauenda Raid=== | ===Galauenda Raid=== | ||
[[File:Australia’s Special Operations Task Group mentors Provincial Response Company – Uruzgan 130427-A-FS372-270.jpg|thumb|right|1st RAR engagement route]] | [[File:Australia’s Special Operations Task Group mentors Provincial Response Company – Uruzgan 130427-A-FS372-270.jpg|thumb|right|1st RAR engagement route]] | ||
[[File:Australia’s Special Operations Task Group mentors Provincial Response Company – Uruzgan 130427-A-FS372-230.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Australia’s Special Operations Task Group mentors Provincial Response Company – Uruzgan 130427-A-FS372-230.jpg|thumb|left|1st RAR soldier]] | ||
On March 13th, two battalions of the 1st Pioneers Regiment ("Pioneros") and one company of the 1st Rapid Aerial Response Battalion (1st RAR) landed on Akanatoan territory by a swimmer delivery vehicle and inflatable boats under cover of the night. Their mission was to kill or capture Chieftain Galauenda and other 5 of his generals. | On March 13th, two battalions of the 1st Pioneers Regiment ("Pioneros") and one company of the 1st Rapid Aerial Response Battalion (1st RAR) landed on Akanatoan territory by a swimmer delivery vehicle and inflatable boats under cover of the night. Their mission was to kill or capture Chieftain Galauenda and other 5 of his generals. | ||
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===Sea and Air Operations=== | ===Sea and Air Operations=== | ||
<gallery widths="200px" heights="180px"> | <gallery mode=packed widths="200px" heights="180px"> | ||
US Navy 050715-N-8163B-019 The Spanish Navy frigate Alvaro De Bazan (F 101) conducts a close quarters exercise near the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).jpg |Jerónimo I being scorted | US Navy 050715-N-8163B-019 The Spanish Navy frigate Alvaro De Bazan (F 101) conducts a close quarters exercise near the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).jpg |Jerónimo I being scorted | ||
Rafale Theodore Roosevelt03.jpg|Rafale M takes off on a bombing mission. | Rafale Theodore Roosevelt03.jpg|Rafale M takes off on a bombing mission. | ||