CTF 635 Hells Point Patrol

Members of the Combined Task Force 635 (CTF 635) conducted a joint patrol with a member of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in an area named Hells Point located to the East of Honiara International Airport. Hells Point was once used as an ammunition dump during World War II and the area is still littered with unexploded ordinance. The area is patrolled and guarded by the RSIPF and CTF in order to stop locals from entering the site. The explosives remaining in much of the ordinance is valuable to local fisherman for its use in fishing and many people have been injured trying to extract the explosive from the unexploded ordinance.

As part of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI), members of the Participating Police Force (PPF) and Combined Task Force 635 (CTF 635) Civil Military Liaison (CML) team met with locals in the village of Vura, located 15km East of Honiara. During the visit the police met with the village chief to discuss taking part in an upcoming youth day in the area and took some time to chat and play games with the local children. Members of the PPFs Community Police, often accompanied by CML members, travel to villages in the Solomon Islands to meet and discuss matters or issues with locals.

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