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Photographer: LS Paul Berry
Caption:
Mr Fred Smith strums his guitar on the rooftops of Multinational Base Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan.
When he is not entertaining troops and writing songs, Fred is the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade representative with the First Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force in the Oruzgan Province.
Deep Caption:
Operation SLIPPER is Australia’s military contribution to the international campaign against terrorism, piracy and improving maritime security. Under this operation our forces contribute to the efforts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) – led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. ISAF seeks to bring security, stability and prosperity to Afghanistan and aims to prevent Afghanistan again becoming a safe haven for international terrorists. Operation SLIPPER also supports the United States led International Coalition Against Terrorism (ICAT) in the broader Middle East.