Royal Marines from the Brigade Patrol Troop
45 Commando RM are pictured on the Airfield at Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan
Gibraltar Camp, situated in Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan
45 Commando RM
45 Commando RM returning from Operation Ptarmigan are landed at Bagram Airbase.
45 Commando RM returning from Operation Ptarmigan are pictured after they arrive back at their base in Bagram Aifield
Zulu Company 45 Commando RM is pictured during a patrol in the mountains of Afghanistan
Zulu Company 45 Commando RM
Tired and exhausted
Operation Snip
'WIMIKs'
45 Commando interact with local villagers whilst deployed in South East Afghanistan.
Brigade Patrol troop are pictured during a training exercise at Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan.
Operation Buzzard
Milan Anti-Tank system
Battle PT
HMS Ocean and LCVP from 9 ASRM
42 Cdo arriving in Kuwait at Camp Gibraltar.
AE troop take members of 42 Cdo through mine training
42 Cdo at Camp Gibraltar
40 Commando Royal Marines Delta Company seen in a Chinook over the Al Faw Penisular
Sgt Clinton (right) 40 Commando shows confiscated Iraqi Weapons and Ammo to RPO Rob Grenfell (left).
40 Commando Royal Marines on the Al Faw Peninsula
Disembarking the last of 40 Commando from HMS Ocean in the Arabian Gulf
Marine Mark Murphy from B Company, 40 Commando with a .50 Browning on HMS Ocean in the Arabian Gulf
Marines take a rest in AL Faw as stores of Ammunition and Water arrive from HMS Ocean.
The first repatriation of service personnel killed in the Gulf took place today; Families of the deceased attended this dignified ceremony
Hover Craft Just outside Umm Qasr on the Az Zubayr river
40 Commando, escorting media crew through Basra
A Marine of 45 Commando Royal Marines stands guard at the temporary headquarters of 3 Cdo Brigade in the Iraqi town of Umm Qasr.
check zero their weapons on a range outside Kabul prior to the start of operations in Afghanistan. The Marine in the forground is firing an M16,A2 with a M203 grenade launcher fitted beneath the barrel.
before their first operational insertion into the mountains of Afghanistan.
Royal Marines are pictured with the Admiral, CinCFleet. The Marines are deployed as part of the Operation Jacana Taskforce
45 Commando practice boarding an RAF Chinook helicopter at Bagram airfield prior to the start of operations in Afghanistan
and members of the Afghan Military force assisting them are in the mountains of Afghanistan, as a chinook drops off more of their colleagues.
Jacana taskforce watch as the Dust Cloud produced from the destruction of caves containing thousands of rounds of various munitions moves towards them. The munitions were found by elements of Brigade Recce Force who were Operating in the area as part of Operation Snipe in South East Afghanistan. POA(Phot) Tony Leather
a Royal Marine of 45 Commando manages a smile for the camera on his return back to Bagram Airbase after enduring two weeks in the mountains of Afghanistan as part of Operation Jacana.
Royal Marine Commandos from the Jacana Taskforce are pictured as they arrive back at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan. They have been operating as part of ongoing Operation Snipe in the South East region of Afghanistan. POA(Phot) Tony Leather
A Royal Marine Commando from the Jacana Taskforce is pictured on the Weapon Mounted Instalation Kit (known as 'WIMIKs'), a vehicle which is heavily armed and extremely durable in the Afghanistan countryside. POA(Phot) Tony Leather
Local villagers watch as two chinnook helicopters come in to land in the area of Operation Buzzard, south east Afghanistan where 45 commando are currently deployed.
45 Commando RM in the eastern mountains of Afghanistan during operations against the taliban and al-Qa’ida. He is positioned behind a Milan Anti-Tank system
40 Cdo based onboard HMS Ocean continue to train by doing Battle PT on the flight deck. This includes Fireman's carries, carrying jerry cans full of water and PT with heavy weapons in the heat of the Red Sea.
DELTA COMPANY OF 40 COMMANDO ROYAL MARINES BEING PICKED UP BY THE CHINOOK HELICOPTER OF 18 SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE. FOR THERE RETURN ONBOARD HMS ARK ROYAL IMAGE BY POA(PHOT) NATHAN DUA
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Royal Marines from the Brigade Patrol Troop
check zero their weapons on a range outside Kabul prior to the start of operations in Afghanistan. The Marine in the forground is firing an M16,A2 with a M203 grenade launcher fitted beneath the barrel.