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  • Corporal Price (Nicknamed SLICE for the machete he carries) moves through a cloud of smoke and dust caused by the explosive charge he just used to create a breach in a compound wall. An attachment of Royal Engineers( EOD specialists) and  B (Malta) Company 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment undertake a 16 hour foot patrol to clear IED's (improvised explosive devices) around their base. The mission, which is one of the most dangerous tasks undertaken by the troops involved isolating suspected IED sites by blowing through compound walls and creating a cordon whilst the suspect site is examined and the any devices found are neutralized. The patrol left the base under the cover of darkness and worked throughout the day in searing temperatures reaching 55 C occasionally exchanging fire with the enemy. At nightfall the patrol retuned to base.  Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 20th of August 2010.
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  • A British Army officer mentoring Afghan forces crouches behind a mud wall and covers one ear as an Afghan National Army soldier fires an RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) at a Taliban position. Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 7th of July 2007.
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  • Platoon Sergeant 'Panky' yells at his men to take cover as enemy grenades explode nearby. British soldiers from 1PWRR (Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) are involved in an ongoing series of Operations called Tora Pishaw aimed at disrupting insurgent activity in their AO (Area of Operations). During the most recent 4 day operation the soldiers regularly came under fire from insurgents using small arms, belt fed machine guns and UGL's (Under Slung Grenade Launchers). The soldiers returned fire using shallow trenches on the edges of ploughed fields or irrigation ditches as cover. Nad I Ali North, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 13th of November 2011.
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  • Soldiers from 1 PWRR (Princess of Wales Royal Regiment) are battered by the downdraft of a MEDEVAC helicopter as it comes in to pick up Pte Stephen Bainbridge, aged 25 of the Black Watch (3 SCOTS) who was severely wounded in an IED explosion in a nearby compound. He lost his right leg during the blast and his left was later amputated by surgeons. Loya Manda, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of November 2011.
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  • 29/06/07..Sangin Valley, Helmand, Afghanistan..Soldiers from A Company 1 Battalion Royal Anglians, known as 'The Vikings' move along a ditch as other members of their unit provide covering fire whilst conducting operations against the Taliban in the Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan on the 29th June 2007...The soldiers made a Tactical Advance to Battle over night carrying just food, water and ammunition. At first light they moved on their objectives; a series of compounds, orchards and paddy fields. During the day they exchanged fire with the enemy on a number of occasions. 13 Taliban were killed, 1 British soldier and 3 Afghan troops were wounded.
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  • British soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment wade through filthy water filled irrigation ditches whist on a desert patrol after an airborne assault as part of Operation 'Southern Beast'. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on the 4th of August 2008.
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  • British soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment are resupplied by Chinook Ch-47 helicopters during an airborne assault as part of Operation 'Southern Beast'. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on the 3rd of August 2008.
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  • Corporal Price (Nicknamed SLICE for the machete he carries) runs towards a breach he has just blown in a compound wall using an explosive charge. An attachment of Royal Engineers( EOD specialists) and  B (Malta) Company 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment undertake a 16 hour foot patrol to clear IED's (improvised explosive devices) around their base. The mission, which is one of the most dangerous tasks undertaken by the troops involved isolating suspected IED sites by blowing through compound walls and creating a cordon whilst the suspect site is examined and the any devices found are neutralized. The patrol left the base under the cover of darkness and worked throughout the day in searing temperatures reaching 55 C occasionally exchanging fire with the enemy. At nightfall the patrol retuned to base.  Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 20th of August 2010.
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  • British soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment take up fire positions after charging off of a Chinook Ch-47 helicopter in an airborne assault as part of Operation 'Southern Beast'. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on the 3rd of August 2008.
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  • British soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment patrol through farmland after being dropped close to their target by Chinook Ch-47 helicopters in an airborne assault as part of Operation 'Southern Beast'. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on the 3rd of August 2008.
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  • A US Stealth Sniper Team provide security from an overwatch position as pallets of food, fuel and clothing are unloaded from CH-47 Chinook helicopers deployed to the village of Rabat as part of a humanitarian assistance mission called Operation 'Winterstand'. Rabat, Paktika Province, Afghanistan on the 18th of January 2008.
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  • 29/06/07..Sangin Valley, Helmand, Afghanistan..Soldiers from A Company 1 Battalion Royal Anglians, known as 'The Vikings' hunker down as a Chinook helicopter comes in to evacuate the injured from the frontline whilst conducting operations against the Taliban in the Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan on the 29th June 2007...The soldiers made a Tactical Advance to Battle over night carrying just food, water and ammunition. At first light they moved on their objectives; a series of compounds, orchards and paddy fields. During the day they exchanged fire with the enemy on a number of occasions. 13 Taliban were killed, 1 British soldier and 3 Afghan troops were wounded.
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  • A Ghurka mortar team fires illumination rounds to disrupt enemny activity from Britsih Patrol Base 1, Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 20th of August 2010.
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  • An attachment of Royal Engineers( EOD specialists) and  B (Malta) Company 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment undertake a 16 hour foot patrol to clear IED's (improvised explosive devices) around their base. The mission, which is one of the most dangerous tasks undertaken by the troops involved isolating suspected IED sites by blowing through compound walls and creating a cordon whilst the suspect site is examined and the any devices found are neutralized. The patrol left the base under the cover of darkness and worked throughout the day in searing temperatures reaching 55 C occasionally exchanging fire with the enemy. At nightfall the patrol retuned to base.  Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 20th of August 2010.
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  • A soldier from 3 SCOTS (The Black Watch) shouts into a rising cloud of dust and smoke as he searches for casualties after an IED explosion just inside the doorway of a compound . Private Stephen Bainbridge, aged 25, from Kirkcaldy was gravely wounded in the blast which traumatically amputated his right leg and damaged his right so badly that it too later had to be amputated. His life was saved by the swift actions of Cpl John Goodie (21) a medic with 1 PWRR (The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) who applied tourniquets and first field dressings to get the bleeding under control. Private Chis Watson (21) also assisted in the treatment whilst reassuring the casualty and keeping him alert and responsive.  Once he had been stabilized the men CASEVAC'd Private Bainbridge to the MERT helicopter and he was rushed to Bastion Field Hospital.  Loya Manda, Nad e Ali, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of November 2011.
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  • British soldiers from 1 PWRR (Princess of Wales Regiment)  and from the Black Watch deploy from the back of a CH-47 Chinook near to Loya Manda,  as part of Operation Tora Pishaw 5 in Nad e Ali North, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of November 2011.
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  • Private Stephen Bainbridge, aged 25, from Kirkcaldy a soldier with 3 SCOTS (The Black Watch) lays gravely wounded in a compound after an IED explosion which traumatically amputated his right leg and damaged his left so badly that it too later had to be amputated. His life was saved by the swift actions of Cpl John Goodie (21) a medic with 1 PWRR (The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) who applied tourniquets and first field dressings to get the bleeding under control. Private Chis Watson (21) also assisted in the treatment whilst reassuring the casualty and keeping him alert and responsive.  Once he had been stabilized the men CASEVAC'd Private Bainbridge to the MERT helicopter and he was rushed to Bastion Field Hospital.  Loya Manda, Nad e Ali, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of November 2011.
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  • An attachment of Royal Engineers( EOD specialists) and  B (Malta) Company 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment undertake a 16 hour foot patrol to clear IED's (improvised explosive devices) around their base. The mission, which is one of the most dangerous tasks undertaken by the troops involved isolating suspected IED sites by blowing through compound walls and creating a cordon whilst the suspect site is examined and the any devices found are neutralized. The patrol left the base under the cover of darkness and worked throughout the day in searing temperatures reaching 55 C occasionally exchanging fire with the enemy. At nightfall the patrol retuned to base.  Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 20th of August 2010.
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  • An Afghan interpreter assists British soldiers of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force) as they question a local man whilst searching his compound as part of  an operation in the village of Kakaran in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 14th of March 2011.
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  • Private Stephen Bainbridge, aged 25, from Kirkcaldy a soldier with 3 SCOTS (The Black Watch) lays gravely wounded in a compound after an IED explosion which traumatically amputated his right leg and damaged his right so badly that it too later had to be amputated. His life was saved by the swift actions of Cpl John Goodie (21) a medic with 1 PWRR (The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) who applied tourniquets and first field dressings to get the bleeding under control. Private Chis Watson (21) also assisted in the treatment whilst reassuring the casualty and keeping him alert and responsive.  Once he had been stabilized the men CASEVAC'd Private Bainbridge to the MERT helicopter and he was rushed to Bastion Field Hospital.  Loya Manda, Nad e Ali, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of November 2011.
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  • Soldiers of 3 SCOTS (The Black Watch) run across an open field under fire from an insurgent sharpshooter as they CASEVAC a fellow soldier. Private Stephen Bainbridge, aged 25, from Kirkcaldy who was gravely wounded after an IED explosion traumatically amputated his right leg and damaged his left so badly that it too later had to be amputated. His life was saved by the swift actions of Cpl John Goodie (21) a medic with 1 PWRR (The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) who applied tourniquets and first field dressings to get the bleeding under control. Private Chis Watson (21) also assisted in the treatment whilst reassuring the casualty and keeping him alert and responsive. Once safely on board the helicopter he was rushed to surgery at Bastion Field Hospital.  Loya Manda, Nad e Ali, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of November 2011.
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  • British soldiers of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force) move from compound to compound crossing open fields and using dried up irrigation ditches for cover as they search for weapons and explosives as part of an operation in the village of Kakaran in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 14th of March 2011.
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  • 29/06/07..Sangin Valley, Helmand, Afghanistan..Soldiers from A Company 1 Battalion Royal Anglians, known as 'The Vikings' shelter in an irrigation ditch after an RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) attack whilst conducting operations against the Taliban in the Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan on the 29th June 2007...The soldiers made a Tactical Advance to Battle over night carrying just food, water and ammunition. At first light they moved on their objectives; a series of compounds, orchards and paddy fields. During the day they exchanged fire with the enemy on a number of occasions. 13 Taliban were killed, 1 British soldier and 3 Afghan troops were wounded.
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  • Soldiers of 3 SCOTS (The Black Watch) and 1 PWRR return fire whilst fellow soldiers run across an open field under fire from an insurgent sharpshooter as they CASEVAC a fellow soldier. Private Stephen Bainbridge, aged 25, from Kirkcaldy who was gravely wounded after an IED explosion traumatically amputated his right leg and damaged his left so badly that it too later had to be amputated. His life was saved by the swift actions of Cpl John Goodie (21) a medic with 1 PWRR (The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) who applied tourniquets and first field dressings to get the bleeding under control. Private Chis Watson (21) also assisted in the treatment whilst reassuring the casualty and keeping him alert and responsive. Once safely on board the helicopter he was rushed to surgery at Bastion Field Hospital.  Loya Manda, Nad e Ali, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of November 2011.
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  • British soldiers of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force) start a new day after spending the night sleeping in the desert within a defensive perimeter formed by their convoy of Warthog and Jackal armored fighting vehicles after an operation in the village of Kakaran in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 15th of March 2011.
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  • British soldiers of 3PARA use irrigation ditches and waterways for cover as they take up defensive positions during a patrol in Nad Ali, Hemand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of March 2011.
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  • 29/06/07..Sangin Valley, Helmand, Afghanistan..Cpl Alexander (right) 2nd platoon from A Company 1 Battalion Royal Anglians, known as 'The Vikings' prepares to enter a compound whilst conducting operations against the Taliban in the Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan on the 29th June 2007...The soldiers made a Tactical Advance to Battle over night carrying just food, water and ammunition. At first light they moved on their objectives; a series of compounds, orchards and paddy fields. During the day they exchanged fire with the enemy on a number of occasions. 13 Taliban were killed, 1 British soldier and 3 Afghan troops were wounded.
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  • 6th July 2007. Kajaki, Helmand Province Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Andrew Howe of 1 Royal Anglian C Coy is given fluids intravenously by a combat medic as treatment for heat exhaustion in a ruined compound during a firefight with Taliban fighters in Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 6th July 2007.
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  • 29/06/07..Sangin Valley, Helmand, Afghanistan..Soldiers from A Company 1 Battalion Royal Anglians, known as 'The Vikings' cautiously search a compound whilst conducting operations against the Taliban in the Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan on the 29th June 2007...The soldiers made a Tactical Advance to Battle over night carrying just food, water and ammunition. At first light they moved on their objectives; a series of compounds, orchards and paddy fields. During the day they exchanged fire with the enemy on a number of occasions. 13 Taliban were killed, 1 British soldier and 3 Afghan troops were wounded.
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  • 29/06/07..Sangin Valley, Helmand, Afghanistan..A soldier from A Company 1 Battalion Royal Anglians, known as 'The Vikings' provides security as a Chinook helicopter evacuating wounded from the frontline  takes off whilst conducting operations against the Taliban in the Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan on the 29th June 2007...The soldiers made a Tactical Advance to Battle over night carrying just food, water and ammunition. At first light they moved on their objectives; a series of compounds, orchards and paddy fields. During the day they exchanged fire with the enemy on a number of occasions. 13 Taliban were killed, 1 British soldier and 3 Afghan troops were wounded.
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  • A young boy looks on as Afghan elders and US Forces sit down to a mini Shura at the onset of Operation Winterstand, a Humanitarian Assitance mission, part of the COIN (counter insurgency) program being actioned in Rebat, Pakitika Province, Afghanistan on the 19th of January 2008
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  • 8th July 2007.Kajaki, helmand Province, Afghanistan.Soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian C Coy move through a series of compounds at first light searching them in order to flush out Taliban fighters who have been using the locations as firing positions. The enemy were spotted and a sporadic firefight ensued. Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 8th July 2007.
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  • 1st August 2007.Bermel, Paktika province, Afghanistan.American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne accompanied by troops from the Afghan Army conduct operations against Taliban insurgents in the region of Bermel, Paktika Province, Afghanistan on the 1st of August 2007. Whilst patrolling the rugged terrain along the Pakistan border the soldiers located a Taliban firing position with several 107mm rockets in place, two were aimed at the US base and connected to a timing device. The rockets were disabled and removed from the site.
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  • 8th July 2007.Kajaki, helmand Province, Afghanistan.Soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian C Coy move through a series of compounds at first light searching them in order to flush out Taliban fighters who have been using the locations as firing positions. The enemy were spotted and a sporadic firefight ensued. Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 8th July 2007.
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  • An attachment of Royal Engineers( EOD specialists) and  B (Malta) Company 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment undertake a 16 hour foot patrol to clear IED's (improvised explosive devices) around their base. The mission, which is one of the most dangerous tasks undertaken by the troops involved isolating suspected IED sites by blowing through compound walls and creating a cordon whilst the suspect site is examined and the any devices found are neutralized. The patrol left the base under the cover of darkness and worked throughout the day in searing temperatures reaching 55 C occasionally exchanging fire with the enemy. At nightfall the patrol retuned to base.  Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 20th of August 2010.
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  • 10th July 2007.Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan..Soldiers from 1st Battalion Royal Anglians and the Afghan National Army conduct operations against the Taliban in the Kajaki district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 10th July 2007. After a long day of skirmishes with the Taliban an air strike was called on a compound thought to contain an enemy firing position. After the explosions the British and Afghan troops moved into the destroyed compound where they found 3 dead fighters and captured 2 more who were trapped in their collapsed bunker. The captured men both received medical treatment from the British and were given water by the Afghan soldiers they had been fighting only minutes before. A number of weapons were captured including Kalashnikov assault rifles, rocket propelled grenade launchers and war heads and a belt fed machine gun. The soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian have been fighting the Taliban in the area for more than 3 months; this constitutes their most successful capture of weapons and enemy fighters.
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  • An attachment of Royal Engineers( EOD specialists) and  B (Malta) Company 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment undertake a 16 hour foot patrol to clear IED's (improvised explosive devices) around their base. The mission, which is one of the most dangerous tasks undertaken by the troops involved isolating suspected IED sites by blowing through compound walls and creating a cordon whilst the suspect site is examined and the any devices found are neutralized. The patrol left the base under the cover of darkness and worked throughout the day in searing temperatures reaching 55 C occasionally exchanging fire with the enemy. At nightfall the patrol retuned to base.  Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 20th of August 2010.
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  • 10th July 2007.Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan..Soldiers from 1st Battalion Royal Anglians and the Afghan National Army conduct operations against the Taliban in the Kajaki district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 10th July 2007. After a long day of skirmishes with the Taliban an air strike was called on a compound thought to contain an enemy firing position. After the explosions the British and Afghan troops moved into the destroyed compound where they found 3 dead fighters and captured 2 more who were trapped in their collapsed bunker. The captured men both received medical treatment from the British and were given water by the Afghan soldiers they had been fighting only minutes before. A number of weapons were captured including Kalashnikov assault rifles, rocket propelled grenade launchers and war heads and a belt fed machine gun. The soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian have been fighting the Taliban in the area for more than 3 months; this constitutes their most successful capture of weapons and enemy fighters.
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  • 1st August 2007.Bermel, Paktika province, Afghanistan.American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne accompanied by troops from the Afghan Army conduct operations against Taliban insurgents in the region of Bermel, Paktika Province, Afghanistan on the 1st of August 2007. Whilst patrolling the rugged terrain along the Pakistan border the soldiers located a Taliban firing position with several 107mm rockets in place, two were aimed at the US base and connected to a timing device. The rockets were disabled and removed from the site.
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  • 10th July 2007.Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan..Soldiers from 1st Battalion Royal Anglians and the Afghan National Army conduct operations against the Taliban in the Kajaki district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 10th July 2007. After a long day of skirmishes with the Taliban an air strike was called on a compound thought to contain an enemy firing position. After the explosions the British and Afghan troops moved into the destroyed compound where they found 3 dead fighters and captured 2 more who were trapped in their collapsed bunker. The captured men both received medical treatment from the British and were given water by the Afghan soldiers they had been fighting only minutes before. A number of weapons were captured including Kalashnikov assault rifles, rocket propelled grenade launchers and war heads and a belt fed machine gun. The soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian have been fighting the Taliban in the area for more than 3 months; this constitutes their most successful capture of weapons and enemy fighters.
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  • British soldiers of 3PARA search and then occupy a local compound to provide overwatch after an IED is discovered and diffused whilst on foot patrol in Nad Ali, Hemand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of March 2011.
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  • 10th July 2007.Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan..Soldiers from 1st Battalion Royal Anglians and the Afghan National Army conduct operations against the Taliban in the Kajaki district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 10th July 2007. After a long day of skirmishes with the Taliban an air strike was called on a compound thought to contain an enemy firing position. After the explosions the British and Afghan troops moved into the destroyed compound where they found 3 dead fighters and captured 2 more who were trapped in their collapsed bunker. The captured men both received medical treatment from the British and were given water by the Afghan soldiers they had been fighting only minutes before. A number of weapons were captured including Kalashnikov assault rifles, rocket propelled grenade launchers and war heads and a belt fed machine gun. The soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian have been fighting the Taliban in the area for more than 3 months; this constitutes their most successful capture of weapons and enemy fighters.
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  • Afghan elders sit down to a mini Shura with US Forces at the onset of Operation Winterstand, a Humanitarian Assitance mission, part of the COIN (counter insurgency) program being actioned in Rebat, Pakitika Province, Afghanistan on the 19th of January 2008
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  • In the village of Rabat Taliban forces recently destroyed the school house using explosives. Several rooms were demolished beyond use, other lost windows, doors and parts of the roofs. Traces of the buildings former use was swept away for the time being at least when US and Afghan Forces used the building as a base during a recent Humanitarian Assistance program aimed at winning hearts and minds in the region. Rabat, Paktika Province, Afghanistan on the 18th January 2008.
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  • British soldiers of 3PARA use irrigation ditches and waterways for cover as they take up defensive positions during a patrol in Nad Ali, Hemand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of March 2011.
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  • Captain Frank Reeves British of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force) climbs out of a dried up irrigation ditch as his troops move from compound to compound crossing open fields and using dried up irrigation ditches for cover as they search for weapons and explosives as part of an operation in the village of Kakaran in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 14th of March 2011.
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  • British soldiers from 1PWRR (Princess of Wales Regiment) board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in preperation for an air assault into a contested region of Helamnd Province. The men are involved in an ongoing series of Operations called Tora Pishaw aimed at disrupting insurgent activity in their AO (Area of Operations). During the most recent 4 day operation the soldiers regularly came under fire from insurgents using small arms, belt fed machine guns and UGL's (Under Slung Grenade Launchers). The soldiers retuned fire using shallow trenches on the edges of ploughed fields or irrigation ditches as cover. Nad I Ali North, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 13th of November 2011.
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  • Highway One which runs from Kabul to Kandahar is the most dangerous road in Afghanistan and therefore most likely in the world. The thin strip of tarmac winds it's way through small villages and across desert and mountain passes. It is pock marked with IED craters, littered with burnt out tankers and trucks. Destroyed shipping containers and other detritus lays abandoned by the roadside. In order to avoid being hit by either IED's or caught in an ambush the NDS (National Directorate of Security) Special Forces soldiers drive at high speed in heavily armed pick up trucks. They constantly scan 360 degrees on the look out for attackers as they weave between the lines of trucks as well as normal cars and even families on tractors carrying all their possessions as they relocate away from the violence in the south. The route is busiest on convoy day when fuel trucks and supply vehicle transit the route often protected my armed security contractor.  Highway One, Ghazni and Wardak Province, Afghanistan on the 12th of August 2012.
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  • British soldiers from 1PWRR (Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) live in austere conditions at CP Kareem. During an ongoing series of Operations called Tora Pishaw soldier from other CP's (checkpoints) in the area are also temporarily living in the same small compound. The daily cycle of patrolling, cleaning weapons, trying to dry out uniforms and boots and cooking up rations occupies most of the men's time and there are few  luxuries or distractions. A makeshift gym is the closet thing they have to recreation. CP Kareem, Nad I Ali North, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 13th of November 2011.
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  • Lance Cpl 'Boycie' armed with a GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun) plays a dangerous day long game of cat and mouse with insurgent gunmen as British soldiers from 1PWRR (Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) are involved in an ongoing series of Operations called Tora Pishaw aimed at disrupting insurgent activity in their AO (Area of Operations). During the most recent 4 day operation the soldiers regularly came under fire from insurgents using small arms, belt fed machine guns and UGL's (Under Slung Grenade Launchers). The soldiers returned fire using shallow trenches on the edges of ploughed fields or irrigation ditches as cover. Nad I Ali North, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 13th of November 2011.
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  • A farmers tools lean against a wall next to a Diemaco C7 assault rifle as British soldiers of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force) move from compound to compound searching for weapons and explosives as part of an operation in the Western Dasht, Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 18th of March 2011.
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  • The BRF ( Brigade Reconnaissance Force) specialises in reconnaissance and strike operations behind enemy lines. Traveling in all terrain vehicles such as Jackals and on occasions Warthogs the unit travels with all the supplies such as food, water and ammunition required to survive and fight unsupported for extended periods of time. Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 14th of March 2011.
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  • 10th July 2007.Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan..Soldiers from 1st Battalion Royal Anglians and the Afghan National Army conduct operations against the Taliban in the Kajaki district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 10th July 2007. After a long day of skirmishes with the Taliban an air strike was called on a compound thought to contain an enemy firing position. After the explosions the British and Afghan troops moved into the destroyed compound where they found 3 dead fighters and captured 2 more who were trapped in their collapsed bunker. The captured men both received medical treatment from the British and were given water by the Afghan soldiers they had been fighting only minutes before. A number of weapons were captured including Kalashnikov assault rifles, rocket propelled grenade launchers and war heads and a belt fed machine gun. The soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian have been fighting the Taliban in the area for more than 3 months; this constitutes their most successful capture of weapons and enemy fighters.
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  • Afghan National Army troops, relax, pray and picnc on the riverbank as refugees from the recent fighing with the Taliban return to their homes. Arghandab district, Kandahar, Afghanistan on the 20th June 2008.
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  • US Forces patrol out into the village of Rebat at the onset of Operation Winterstand in order to provide security for a mini Shura and the disrtribution of Humanitarian Assistance in Rebat, Pakitika Province, Afghanistan on the 19th of January 2008.
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  • A medic from the Afghan National Army treats a colleague a few days after the ANA ousted Taliban forces from the Arghandab District of Kandahar, Afghanistan on the 21st June 2008.
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  • Members of the Afghan Special Forces seach and question local Afghans in an early morning raid as part of  a joint operation with British soldiers of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force)  n the Western Dasht, Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 20th of March 2011.
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  • British soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment search for insurgents during a dawn assault on a compound as part of Operation 'Southern Beast'. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on the 6.th of August 2008.
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  • A Warthog armored fighting vehicle is used to transport British soldiers of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force) across the desert to an operation in the village of Kakaran in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 14th of March 2011.
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  • British soldiers of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force) searching a compound as part of an operation in the village of Kakaran in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 14th of March 2011.
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  • The Jackal is the signature vehicle of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force). It is a mobile weapons platform used to cross vast areas of desert and other difficult terrain. The troops can operate for weeks at a time behind enemy lines from these amazing fighting vehicles. Kakaran in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 14th of March 2011.
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  • The BRF ( Brigade Reconnaissance Force) specialises in reconnaissance and strike operations behind enemy lines. Traveling in all terrain vehicles such as Jackals and on occasions Warthogs the unit travels with all the supplies such as food, water and ammunition required to survive and fight unsupported for extended periods of time. Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 15th of March 2011.
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  • The BRF ( Brigade Reconnaissance Force) specialises in reconnaissance and strike operations behind enemy lines. Traveling in all terrain vehicles such as Jackals and on occasions Warthogs the unit travels with all the supplies such as food, water and ammunition required to survive and fight unsupported for extended periods of time. Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 15th of March 2011.
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  • A gunner mans a weapon on a Warthog providing overwatch as soldiers of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force) move from compound to compound searching for weapons and explosives as part of an operation in the Western Dasht, Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 18th of March 2011.
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  • British soldiers of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force) move from compound to compound searching for weapons and explosives as part of an operation in the Western Dasht, Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 18th of March 2011.
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  • British soldier of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force)  destroy raw opium descovered during the search of a compound for weapons and explosives during a dawn raid as part of an operation in the Western Dasht, Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 20th of March 2011.
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  • 29/06/07..Sangin Valley, Helmand, Afghanistan..Soldiers from A Company 1 Battalion Royal Anglians, known as 'The Vikings' take cover in the ruins of a compound after an RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) attack whilst conducting operations against the Taliban in the Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan on the 29th June 2007...The soldiers made a Tactical Advance to Battle over night carrying just food, water and ammunition. At first light they moved on their objectives; a series of compounds, orchards and paddy fields. During the day they exchanged fire with the enemy on a number of occasions. 13 Taliban were killed, 1 British soldier and 3 Afghan troops were wounded.
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  • An attachment of Royal Engineers( EOD specialists) and  B (Malta) Company 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment undertake a 16 hour foot patrol to clear IED's (improvised explosive devices) around their base. The mission, which is one of the most dangerous tasks undertaken by the troops involved isolating suspected IED sites by blowing through compound walls and creating a cordon whilst the suspect site is examined and the any devices found are neutralized. The patrol left the base under the cover of darkness and worked throughout the day in searing temperatures reaching 55 C occasionally exchanging fire with the enemy. At nightfall the patrol retuned to base.  Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 20th of August 2010.
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  • British soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment wade through filthy water filled irrigation ditches whist on a desert patrol after an airborne assault as part of Operation 'Southern Beast'. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on the 4th of August 2008.
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  • 6th July 2007.Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.A Chinook helicopter brings much needs supplies of food, spares and mail to the soldiers at a remote base in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan on the 6th of July 2007.
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  • 6th July 2007.Kajaki, helmand Province, Afghanistan.Soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian C Coy move through a series of compounds searching them in order to flush out Taliban fighters who have been using the locations as firing positions. The enemy were spotted and engaged, they fired RPG's (rocket propelled grenades) and other small arms at the British troops. Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 6th July 2007.
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  • 8th July 2007.Kajaki, helmand Province, Afghanistan.Lance Corpora Andrew Howe (27) (at left) points out a suspected taliban position as soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian C Coy move through a series of compounds at first light searching them in order to flush out Taliban fighters who have been using the locations as firing positions. The enemy were spotted and a sporadic firefight ensued. Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 8th July 2007.
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  • A CH-47 Chinook helicopter deploys chaff to counter any heat seaking ground fire as it prepares to deploy troops as part of Operation Tora Pishaw 5 in Nad e Ali North, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of November 2011.
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  • British soldiers from 1PWRR (Princess of Waless Royal  Regiment) and from 3 SCOTS (The Black Watch) recompose themselves after a MEDEVAC helicopter takes off carrying Private Stephen Bainbridge, aged 25, from Kirkcaldy was gravely wounded by an IED explosion just inside the doorway of a nearby compound. The blast traumatically amputated his right leg and damaged his right so badly that it too later had to be amputated. His life was saved by the swift actions of Cpl John Goodie (21) a medic with 1 PWRR (The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) who applied tourniquets and first field dressings to get the bleeding under control. Private Chis Watson (21) also assisted in the treatment whilst reassuring the casualty and keeping him alert and responsive.  Once he had been stabilized the men CASEVAC'd Private Bainbridge to the MERT helicopter and he was rushed to Bastion Field Hospital.  Loya Manda, Nad e Ali, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of November 2011.
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  • British soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment on board a Chinook Ch-47 helicopter flying towards their target on an airborne assault as part of Operation 'Southern Beast'. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on the 3rd of August 2008.
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  • British soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment rest, eat or clean weapons between missions from their temporary patrol base after an airborne assault as part of Operation 'Southern Beast'. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on the 4th of August 2008.
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  • British soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment on a search for insurgents after a dawn assault on a compound as part of Operation 'Southern Beast'. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on the 6th of August 2008.
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