Mentoring Task Force One

Mentoring Task Force One
MTF-1 and Afghan soldiers patrol through a poppy field in April 2010
Active	2009–2010
Country	Australia
Branch	Army
Type	Combined arms battle group
Size	750 personnel
Part of	Combined Team Uruzgan
Garrison/HQ	Forward Operating Base Ripley, Tarin Kowt
Engagements	War in Afghanistan Battle of Derapet
Decorations	Meritorious Unit Citation

Mentoring Task Force One (MTF-1) was a combined arms battle group formed by the Australian Army for deployment as part of Operation Slipper during the War in Afghanistan. Formed in 2009 from the 7th Brigade, the unit consisted of infantry, engineers, cavalry, artillery and logistic elements from 55 different units, but was predominately based on the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR). Based at Forward Operating Base Ripley outside of Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan Province as part of a multinational brigade known as Combined Team Uruzgan, MTF-1 was tasked with counter-insurgency operations in conjunction with United States, Dutch and other coalition forces, operating from a number of patrol bases in the Mirabad, Baluchi and Chora valleys. MTF-1 served in Afghanistan from January to October 2010.