FOB Gleno

Introduction

Forward Operating Base Gleno is a major Australian facility in the western sector of Timor Leste.

FOB Gleno

Source: Aerial images of Dili, Image Galleries 2006, Operation Astute, Department of Defence, 6 October 2006.

Government sources

Leadership Tour of Gleno, Operation Astute, Image Galleries 2009, 15 May 2009

Commander of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in East Timor, Brigadier Bill Sowry, hosted a tour of Forward Operating Bases (FOB’s) for key leaders in the East Timor security sector, including Secretary of State for Defence Julio Tomas Pinto, as well as members from the Attaché community and the East Timor Police Development Program. The CISF and his guests visited East Timorese CDF, Brigadier Taur Matan Ruak at the new F-FDTL border posts in the western districts at Tilomar and Tonobibi, before heading to Gleno and Baucau by Blackhawk.

Address of appreciation to Alpha Company, Operation Astute, Image Galleries 2008, 7 October 2008

Prime Minister of East Timor, Xanana Gusmao, accompanied Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, Brigadier Mark Holmes, to the Forward Operating Base at Gleno, to make a personal address of appreciation to Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment.

Major General Richard Wilson visits the ISF in Timor-Leste, Operation Astute, Image Galleries 2008, 14 July 2008

Commander of 1st Division Major General Richard Wilson visiting the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) at Forward Operation Base (FOB) Gleno.

FOB Gleno

Introduction

Government sources

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