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Appendix A – Tour Program

5 August 2009

0900

Arrive Dili International ‘Nicolau Lobato’ Airport – met by

HE Mr Peter Heyward, Australian Ambassador to East Timor, Group Captain Ralph Kettle, Defence Attaché Dili and Lieutenant Colonel Ron Morley, Assistant Defence Attaché Dili

Arrival formalities conducted in VIP Lounge

No Government of East Timor Representation

 

0925

Depart Airport for Defence Cooperation Program Headquarters

(DCP HQ)

 

0935

Arrive Defence Cooperation Program Headquarters (DCP HQ) – met by Lieutenant Colonel Steve Ferndale, Senior DCP Adviser to the East Timor Defence Force

0940

Brief by HE Mr Peter Heyward, Australian Ambassador to East Timor

0955

Brief by Lieutenant Colonel Steve Ferndale, Senior DCP Adviser to the East Timor Defence Force

1030

Depart DCP HQ for the International Stabilisation Force Headquarters (ISF HQ)

1040

Arrive International Stabilisation Force Headquarters (ISF HQ) – met by Brigadier Bill Sowry, Commander ISF

Brief by Commander ISF, Meet ISF soldiers, lunch at Camp Phoenix

 

1245

Depart HQ ISF for East Timor Defence Force ‘Nicolau Lobato’ Training Centre, Metinaro

1330

Arrive East Timor Defence Force ‘Nicolau Lobato Training Centre, Metinaro – met by Major Barry Rhodes, DCP, Officer Commanding Specialist Training Wing

Briefs and Tour of Training Centre Facilities

Foci of the briefs and tour are: DCP constructed facilities, DCP staffs that live and work alongside their East Timorese counterparts at the Training Centre; and the non-operational ADF training and development commitments to East Timor

 

1430

Depart East Timor Defence Force ‘Nicolau Lobato Training Centre, Metinaro for Dili International Airport

1515

Pre departure formalities at Airport VIP Lounge

Farewell by Ambassador Heyward and Group Captain Kettle

 

1530

VIP Aircraft departs Dili

 

 

 

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