En 2013, le Département de la Défense australien a annoncé que le Special Air Service Regiment recevait la Battle Honour "Eastern Shah Wali Kot" "en reconnaissance de l'extraordinaire héroisme, un combat exemplaire et la destruction de Talibans hautement entraînés, fanatisés et en nombre supérieur dans la région extrêment inhospitalière du Shah Wali Kot en Afghanistan, durant la période de mai à juin 2010" (une Battle Honour pour les Britanniques et le Commonwealth est l'équivalent de l'inscription au drapeau dans l'Armée Française), Autre distinction, le Lance-Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith du SASR a reçu la Victoria Cross durant cette même offensive.
"The Australian Special Operations Task Group Rotation XII, which included combat elements from the 2nd Special Air Service Squadron of the Special Air Service Regiment, Alpha Company Commando Group from the 2nd Commando Regiment, and supported by the Incident Response Regiment and the United States 101st Airborne Division, Task Force No Mercy, is awarded the Battle Honour Eastern Shah Wali Kot in due recognition of extraordinary heroism, exemplary combat performance and the relentless destruction of a highly trained and fanatical Taliban enemy of numerical superiority within the extremely inhospitable region of Eastern Shah Wali Kot, Afghanistan, during the period May to June 2010".
Lance-Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith of the SASR was awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia for "extreme devotion to duty and conspicuous gallantry.in the face of the ennemy" during this same operation.
HS : King Toys, repainted, hair added. I needed a rather large HS for the Playhouse helmet, with mature fixtures – SASR operators' average age is around thirty. As for the ginger hair, let me quote a Taliban commander in the Uruzgan Province.: "The Australians with the red beards are very good fighters. Do not fight the Australians. We will loose every time". (originaly quoted in The Crossroad, by Mark Donaldson, VC)
Body : Soldier Story, mod (a few mm added to the torso)
MICH 2000 helmet : Playhouse, with fittings from SS and DAM Crye Precision Gen 2 Multicam uniform : SS Oakley SI gloves : SS repainted Rigger belt : DAM Retention lanyard : SS mod Desert boots : ACE
LBT 6094A plate carrier, MC : SS (not very common among the SASR, but a few at least might have been issued/acquired on trial as it can be seen in a couple of pictures)
Pouches : SS and DAM, some modified and/or custom painted
ANPRC 148 MBITR : DAM Antenna : Playhouse Peltor Comtact headset and Nexus PTT : Flagset camo painted
Camelback Talon backpack : SS
Oakley ballistic glasses : SS.or DAM ? G-Shock watch : DAM Foretex GPS : SS.? Combat Application Tourniquet : DAM EMT shears : SS Field Dressing : custom Grimlock carabiner : SS Gerber LMF knife : SS (repainted Coyote) Spyderco forlding knife (in trousers pocket) : Hot Toys ?
M4A1 and accessories : SS except DAM Railcover panels and custom red dot side protections, custom camo paint
Badges : custom except SS Tactical ID (with repainted digits)
Australiens en Afghanistan No 2 : SASR 2010
