not titled [Multi National Base Tarin Kowt]

Robert Cooper served in Afghanistan 2010-2011. He was deployed as an ASLAV gunner with 2 Cavalry Regiment as part of MTF-2 (Mentoring Task Force – Rotation 2), based in Uruzgan Province.

While on deployment, Cooper was able to sketch and write in his journal, and he also recorded footage of troop movements and the local Afghan people. Cooper was discharged in early 2011. Once home, he produced a sequenced set of 346 works on paper, referring back to the notes and footage he made in Afghanistan so that he could tell the story of his deployment with absolute accuracy. Cooper wanted to show people exactly what he had witnessed and experienced at war.

Trooper Cooper wrote the following description of the work in his diary:
Sept 30 2010
Slovak soldier on guard
at MNBTK
Multi National Base Tarin Kowt
In August 2010 the Dutch handed over command to the Americans"

"Note - In TK- there was a well known rumour that Dutch male soldiers - told their female comrade's (sic) that Australian men bash their women....
Personally I reckon that rumour was a furthy (sic)".