SOER ex IRR

Members of the newly raised Special Operations Engineer Regiment stand at attention in front of the new unit flag during the flag raising ceremony held at Holsworthy Barracks.

A sapper from the Special Operations Engineer Regiment lays a water charge on the initiating device of a simulated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during a capability demonstration at Holsworthy Barracks.

A sapper from the Special Operations Engineer Regiment probes and brushes the ground to uncover a simulated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during a capability demonstration at Holsworthy Barracks.

A sapper from the Special Operations Engineer Regiment probes and brushes the ground to uncover a simulated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during a capability demonstration at Holsworthy Barracks.

A sapper from the Special Operations Engineer Regiment checks the ground for a simulated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during a capability demonstration at Holsworthy Barracks.

A sapper from the Special Operations Engineer Regiment checks the ground for a simulated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during a capability demonstration at Holsworthy Barracks.

Wait your turn: Sappers from the Special Operations Engineer Regiment go through the process of decontamination after a chemical threat simulation at Holsworthy Barracks.

A Special Operations Engineer Regiment sapper renders safe a simulated chemical weapon during a capability demonstration at Holsworthy Barracks.

A sapper from the newly raised Special Operations Engineer Regiment tests fluid samples from a simulated chemical weapon during a capability display at Holsworthy Barracks.

A sapper from the newly raised Special Operations Engineer Regiment takes fluid samples from a simulated chemical weapon during a capability display at Holsworthy Barracks.

A sapper from the newly raised Special Operations Engineer Regiment takes fluid samples from a simulated chemical weapon during a capability display at Holsworthy Barracks.

Sapper from the newly raised Special Operations Engineer Regiment demonstrate their capabilities at Holsworthy Barracks.

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Sapper A, the youngest engineer currently deployed to the Special Operations Task Group cuts a cake with the Special Operations Task Group Commanding Officer at a ceremony to mark the raising of the Special Operations Engineer Regiment at Camp Russell, Tarin Kot. Mid Caption: The Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) has marked the raising of the Special Operations Engineer Regiment (SOER) with a small ceremony at Camp Russell, Tarin Kot. The SOER became the newest Unit in the Army after the Incident Response Regiment was retired from the Army's Order of Battle on 24 February 2012. To celebrate the occasion, the SOTG Commanding Officer was presented with a plaque from the members of SOER currently serving in Afghanistan. Image by: CPL Ray Vance

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Corporal J a member of the Special Operations Engineer Regiment
Sapper Robinson was serving with the Special Operations Task Group when he was tragically killed in action on Monday 6 June 2011 (Afghanistan time).
Twenty-three year old Sapper Robinson was from the Sydney based Incident Response Regiment (IRR).


A member of the Incident Response Regiment searches a Gizab local before attending a shura.