Delta Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, parading through Taunton
[Picture: LA (Phot) AJ MacLeod]
Bravo Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, admire the view of the Capital from the London Eye
[Picture: LA (Phot) AJ MacLeod]
Delta Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, parading through Taunton
[Picture: LA (Phot) AJ MacLeod]
Bravo Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, admire the view of the Capital from the London Eye
[Picture: LA (Phot) AJ MacLeod]
BAND E TIMOR, AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 3: British Army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment seize about seventy kilograms of opium hidden in a car, during strike operation Southern Beast on August 3, 2008 in Maywand District in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
BAND E TIMOR, AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 3: British Army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment sniper section conduct strike operation Southern Beast on August 3, 2008 in Maywand District in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The British Army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment spearheaded a strike operation in the Maywand District of the Kandahar Province, setting the conditions for a permanent ISAF presence to support the Afghan National Government in their fight against the Taliban. Striking within one of Afghanistan's major opium producing areas the Paratroopers were looking for weapons, drugs, and individuals related to the Taliban. During the operation about seventy kilograms of opium was seized and some weapons were recovered.
BAND E TIMOR, AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 1: British Army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment conduct strike operation Southern Beast on August 1, 2008 in Maywand District in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
British Paratroopers Conduct Operation 'Southern Beast' In Afghanistan.
British Army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment conduct strike operation Southern Beast on August 3, 2008 in Maywand District in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The British Army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment spearheaded a strike operation in the Maywand District of the Kandahar Province, setting the conditions for a permanent ISAF presence to support the Afghan National Government in their fight against the Taliban. Striking within one of Afghanistan's major opium producing areas the Paratroopers were looking for weapons, drugs, and individuals related to the Taliban.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) talks to members of 7 Parachute Regiment, RHA, Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on route to the Beijing Olympics, 21 August 2008. Brown arrived Thursday on a surprise visit to Afghanistan and was expected to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The premier also said Britain would do everything to protect its soldiers and paid tribute to Barry Dempsey, the latest British soldier to be killed in the conflict in Afghanistan. He died Monday. In total, 116 British soldiers have died since the conflict began in 2001
A British Chinook helicopter flying over Camp Bastion in Helmand Province on August 21, 2008, ahead of a meeting between British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Afghan President Hamid Karzai after visiting British soldiers in southern Afghanistan, an AFP correspondent said. Brown's earlier visit with British soldiers fighting Taliban insurgents in volatile southern Afghanistan had been kept under wraps for security reasons.
British soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sit on top of their armoured vehicle as they wait for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province on August 21, 2008
British soldiers wave at residents during the opening of a new joint military operations centre in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) northeast of Baghdad August 31, 2008. An Iraqi army officer said,a new office has been set up in Basra on Sunday for the Iraqi-U.S. and British military forces to coordinate and share intelligence information. Picture taken August 31, 2008.
A British soldier looks through the scope of his rifle after a roadside bomb attack that targeted their convoy in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) northeast of Baghdad September 12, 2008. Two civilians were wounded in the attack on British soldiers in central Basra on Friday, police said.
British soldiers stand guard on a road after a roadside bomb attack that targeted their convoy in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) northeast of Baghdad September 12, 2008. Two civilians were wounded in the attack on British soldiers in central Basra on Friday, police said.