British Military Pictures Thread

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British Soldiers of 33 Armoured Engineer Squadron return to Swinton Barracks at Parham Down near Tidworth in south west England September 20, 2009. 104 soldiers form the regiment returned to Britain after taking part in operation Panther's Claw in Afghanistan.

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A soldier from 2nd Battalion The Rifles takes a break while on operations in Afghanistan.
[Picture: Sgt Dan Harmer RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

A British Ministry of Defence handout photo showing the Earl of Wessex KG KCVO ADC (L), the Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Waddington, being treated to demonstrations from the Royal Air Force Police Dog section visiting the Station in Britain on 29 September 2009. Prince Edward made his second visit to RAF Waddington following his appointment as Honorary Air Commodore to the Station in October 2008

A British Ministry of Defence handout image made available 28 September 2009 shows members of HMS Iron Duke's boarding team guarding seized cocaine off the coast of South America. Portsmouth-based frigate HMS Iron Duke has made the largest seizure of cocaine ever recorded by the Royal Navy. The warship, working with the supply ship Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Fort George, seized over five and a half tonnes of cocaine in an operation off the coast of South America. Had the cargo reached the UK it could have been worth more than £240 Million at street prices

A Merlin HC3 medium support helicopter designed to carry a range of bulky cargo, either internally or underslung
[Picture: SAC Martin 'Taz' Hetherington, Crown Copyright/MOD 2005]

An RAF Merlin Mk3a helicopter prepares to pick up troops
[Picture: Sgt Rob Knight RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Lieutenant General Brown inspects the soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of Wellington's)
[Picture: Cpl Russ Nolan RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex is shown the inside of one of the station's aircraft during her inaugural visit to RAF Wittering
[Picture: SAC Nick Cox, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

An Apache attack helicopter flies over the desert in Afghanistan
[Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Lieutenant Commander Bill O'Brien
[Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Lieutenant Commander Bill O'Brien with his co-pilot Captain Chris Vosper
[Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

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HMS Ark Royal sails past The Round Tower at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour returning to the sea for the first time since February
[Picture: LA (Phot) Pete Smith, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Squadron Leader Amanda Martin-Smith on parade
[Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

The London Regiment prove their mettle on the hills of Brecon & Cumbria.
[Pictures: Mike Weston, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

The new engines will provide 16 to 20 per cent more power and allow the aircraft to operate at higher altitudes.

RAF Chinooks are crucial to military operations in Afghanistan.

[Picture: Cpl Rupert Frere, MOD/Crown Copyright 2009]
[Picture: Andrew Linnett, MOD/Crown Copyright 2009]

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Troops of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guard in transport to a forward operating base in Helmand province. For the soldiers of forward operating base Jackson the latest, and deadliest, threat posed by Taleban fighters is the improvised explosive devise or IED. Eros Hoagland/The Times

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I bet this was really ugly. Not good at all.

Police deal with a protestors in Manchester's city center, after right wing English Defence League supporters clashed against Anti Nazi protesters in Manchester. The demonstrators took to the streets in rival race protests Saturday Oct. 10, 2009.

British police arrest 48 people as anti-Islam demonstrators face off with counter-protesters - Yahoo! Canada News

By The Associated Press

LONDON - Police in fluorescent jackets stood between hundreds of anti-Islam protesters and ant-racist counter-demonstrators in the English city of Manchester on Saturday, arresting 48 people in a bid to keep the peace.

Police locked down a section of the city centre as about 2,000 people gathered. Most of those arrested, all men, were suspected of public order offences. Several people suffered minor injuries in sporadic scuffles.

"The presence of so many protesters in the city has proved a challenge and while many have turned out to protest peacefully, the police reaction has been necessary in order to prevent the few hell-bent on violent confrontation," Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan said in a statement.

A group called the English Defence League, which says it opposes militant Islam, squared off against a larger group of counter-demonstrators from the group Unite Against Fascism.

Manchester, 200 miles (320 kilometres) northwest of London, is the latest English city to be hit with tensions.

Troubles also have occurred in Luton, Birmingham and London in the last few months involving a loose collection of far-right groups, including the little known English Defence League.The league rejects the fascist label, arguing that it only opposes militant Islam. But several of its supporters made Nazi salutes during Saturday's protest.

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A IV Squadron Harrier GR9 conducting a combat patrol over Afghanistan with Paveway IV bombs fitted on the outermost pylons of its wings
[Picture: Staff Sergeant Aaron Allmon, Crown Copyright/MOD 2008]

Paveway IV laser-guided bombs attached to the wings of a IV Squadron Harrier GR9 prior to a sortie over Afghanistan
[Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Prime Minister Gordon Brown visiting the Task Force Helmand headquarters in Lashkar Gah
[Picture: Sgt Daniel Wells ABIPP RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Prime Minister Gordon Brown meeting troops serving in Afghanistan
[Picture: Cpl Rupert Frere, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Trooper David Peckham stands proudly on parade
[Picture: Cpl Rupert Frere, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Future soldiers march onto the parade square
[Picture: Cpl Rupert Frere, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Major General Martin Rutledge with Troopers David Peckham and Jordan March
[Picture: Cpl Rupert Frere, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

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This picture provided Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, by Britain's Ministry of Defence, shows British soldier Iain Maynard, 24, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in Afghanistan, but was saved after the bullet became lodged in his helmet, shown. The incident happened while L/Cpl Maynard, of 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, was on a routine patrol to look for improvised explosive devices in Nad-e-Ali, Helmand Province, on Tuesday. While under fire from insurgents, he was hit in the head and thrown to the ground. But when his fellow soldiers came to help him they were amazed to see the bullet had embedded itself in his helmet, with just the tip sticking through into the inside.

An injured police officer receives treatment during a climate change demonstration at Ratcliffe Power Station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, central England October 17, 2009.

Police clash with demonstrators as they attempt to pull down a fence during a climate change protest at Ratcliffe Power Station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, central England October 17, 2009. The protesters said they would attempt to break into the power station to highlight their campaign to persuade governments to close coal-fired power stations.

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Training of the Iraqi Navy by the Royal Navy is expected to resume as soon as possible following consideration by the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Armed Forces Minister Bill Rammell announced today, Thursday 22 October 2009.

Royal Navy personnel training members of the Iraqi Navy to carry out correct boarding procedures
[Picture: LA(Phot) Chris Winter, Crown Copyright/MOD 2008]

Iraqi Marines practising vessel board, search and seizure techniques
[Picture: LA(Phot) Chris Winter, Crown Copyright/MOD 2008]

The Trafalgar Day commemoration aboard HMS Victory
[Picture: LA(Phot) Chris Mumby, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

A wreath-laying ceremony commemorated Trafalgar Day in St Paul's Cathedral in London
[Picture: POA(Phot) Mez Merrill, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer Defender launches on the Clyde
[Picture: Andrew Linnett, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Vice Admiral Andrew Mathews chats to schoolchildren ahead of Defender's launch at BVT Govan
[Picture: Andrew Linnett, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Territorial Army medics in Afghanistan
[Picture: Cpl Jon Bevan RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2007]

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Britain's Prince William (L) and Prince Harry (back R) arrive at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday in Central London 08 November 2009. Remembrance Sunday is a national ceremony during which the cessation of World War I (WW I) hostilities is remembered and is held annually on the Sunday closest to 11 November, the date when WW I has officially ended. This year marks the 91st anniversary to the end of WW I

A general view of the scene as soldiers of Battle Group North West, formed around the Household Cavalry Regiment, stage their own 'Cenotaph' ceeremony in a Remembrance Day service and parade at Musa Qal'eh District Centre Forward Operating Base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan 8th November 2009. Laying the wreath is the Battle Group Second-in-Command; Major Rob Philipson-Stow

A clcose up of a group of officers holding their poppy wreaths of remembrance at Camp Bastion, Helmand Province Afghanistan 8 November 2009 as personnel of many nations and armed services come together to pay their respects to the dead of previous wars, and the current conflict as part of the British and Commonwealth acts of Remembrance

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RAF rescue helicopters rescue people from their homes in the centre of Cockermouth on November 20, 2009 in Keswick, United Kingdom. A major rescue operation is underway after severe weather conditions caused floods cutting off villages and towns in England's lake District. Cumbria Police have also reported that one of their officers is missing after a bridge collapse in Workington. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)

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An undated police handout photograph shows PC Bill Barker who is missing following the collapse of a bridge during heavy flooding in Workington, Britain, 20 November 2009. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes in Scotland and northern Britain and one police officer is missing following severe flooding after torrential rain, the Environment Agency said. Rescue teams in Cumbria said a search was launched for a police officer who went missing after a bridge collapsed during heavy flooding in the town of Workington

Police Inspector John Mackay plays the bagpipes, as HMS Astute, the Royal Navy's newest submarine, arrives at it's base at Faslane, Scotland, Friday Nov. 20, 2009. The biggest and most powerful attack submarine ever built for the Royal Navy, Astute, measures nearly one hundred meters from bow to stern, and is longer than ten London buses. When fully loaded, she will displace 7,800 tonnes of sea water, equivalent to 65 blue whales. She will be able to circumnavigate the globe while submerged, and advanced nuclear technology means that she will never need to be refueled.

In this image made available by BAe Systems in London, Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009, HMS Astute, the first nuclear-powered Astute Class submarine, leaves Barrow-in-Furness, England, for the first stage of sea trials, Sunday Nov. 15, 2009. Astute is the biggest and most powerful attack submarine ever built for the Royal Navy, and incorporates the latest stealth technology combined with a world class sonar system and equipped with Spearfish torpedoes and state of the art Tomahawk land attack missiles to make her a supremely effective naval asset. (AP / BAe Systems / HO)

UK Royal marines exit a U.S. Blackhawk transport at Umm Qasr Naval base on Nov. 15. UK Forces returned to Iraq in support of their U.S. allies as part of the Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission to train up the Iraqi navy.

UK Royal marines load into a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter to bring them to Umm Qasr Naval Base on Nov. 15. Both U.S. and UK forces will be training up the Iraqi navy as part of the Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission. The mission is set to run until 2011 at Iraq's Umm Qasr Naval Base.

Royal marines from the UK look out into the desert sun on their journey to Umm Qasr Naval Base in Iraq. Over 75 UK service members were transported to Iraq from Camp Arifjan, Kuwait by U.S. Army Blackhawks on Nov. 15 to begin the Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission with their U.S. allies.

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UK Royal marines exit a U.S. Blackhawk transport at Umm Qasr Naval base on Nov. 15. UK Forces returned to Iraq in support of their U.S. allies as part of the Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission to train up the Iraqi navy.

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Both U.S. and UK Marines and Sailors unload baggage off of Blackhawks at Umm Qasr's landing strip on Nov. 15. UK Forces returned to Umm Qasr as part of the Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission to train up the Iraqi navy with their U.S. allies.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: The coffin of Warrant Officer Class One Regimental Sergeant Major Darren Chant of the Genadier Guards is carried by the Guards Chapel on the Wellington Barracks after his funeral on December 1, 2009 in London, England. Warrant Officer Chant was killed whist serving in Afghanistan on November 3, 2009. He was one of five soldiers shot by an Afghan policeman they were training at a police checkpoint in the country.

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: Adam Chant (c), the son of Warrant Officer Darren Chant, grieves as his father's coffin is carried out of the Guards Chapel on the Wellington Barracks after his funeral on December 1, 2009 in London, England.

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: Warrant Officer Darren Chant's ex-wife Connie and two of their three children Adam (r) and Victoria (l) arrive to attend Darren Chant's funeral in the Guards Chapel on the Wellington Barracks on December 1, 2009 in London, England.

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: Connor Chant (r), the eldest son of Warrant Officer Darren Chant, grieves as his father's coffin is carried out of the Guards Chapel on the Wellington Barracks after his funeral on December 1, 2009 in London, England.

Victoria Chant weeps as the coffin of her father, British soldier Darren Chant, is carried out of the Guard's Chapel following his funeral in London December 1, 2009.

Sheenie Chant reacts as the coffin of her husband, British soldier Darren Chant, is carried out of the Guard's Chapel following his funeral in London December 1, 2009.

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A police officer stands outside 10 Downing Street, residence of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as snow falls in central London Wednesday Dec. 16, 2009. Temperatures dropped to minus 6C in some rural areas overnight, and forecasters warned that some parts of south-east England could see 1-2cm of snow fall on Wednesday. (AP)

British military personnel leave 10 Downing Street after attending a military awards reception, central London December 15, 2009. (Reuters)

Able Seaman, Michael McCann and his ship are reflected in a puddle as he starts the long journey home to Grangemouth in Scotland after his ship, HMS Iron Duke, returned home to Portsmouth Monday Dec. 14, 2009, following a six-month deployment to the Caribbean. Most of the crew now receive five weeks leave to celebrate Christmas. (AP / PA / Chris Ison)

SALISBURY, ENGLAND - Soldiers from 4th Battalion The Rifles perform a march past in front of HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall after she presented Afghanistan Campaign medals to them at Bulford Camp on December 14, 2009 in Salisbury, England.

SALISBURY, ENGLAND - HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall smiles as she presents Afghanistan Campaign medals to soldiers from the 4th Battalion The Rifles at Bulford Camp on December 14, 2009 in Salisbury, England.

SALISBURY, ENGLAND - HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall smiles as she presents Afghanistan Campaign medals to soldiers from the 4th Battalion The Rifles at Bulford Camp on December 14, 2009 in Salisbury, England. Her Royal Highness became Royal Colonel of the 4th Battalion The Rifles when the new Battalion, formerly the 2nd Battalion The Royal Green
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SALISBURY, UNITED KINGDOM - HRH Camilla Duchess of Cornwall speaks with soldier Tyler Christopher (who lost both his legs whilst servicing in Afghanistan) prior to presenting him with his Afghanistan campaign medal during a visit to Bulford Camp on December 14, 2009 in Salisbury, England.

People line the streets as the coffin of Lance Corporal Drane of the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment is driven past, in Wootton Bassett in southwest England, December 15, 2009. Drane, the 100th British soldier to die in Afghanistan this year, was killed on December 7. (Reuters)

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Acting Corporal Bradley Malone, Royal Marines, who received the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for his bravery in Afghanistan with his fiancee Sacha Wilkinson who accepted his marriage proposal today after he received his award at Buckingham Palace on December 11, 2009 in London England. (Lewis Whyld / WPA Pool / getty Images)

SALISBURY, ENGLAND - Soldiers from 4th Battalion The Rifles (4 RIFLES), march through the historic city centre on December 7, 2009 in Salisbury, England. The Riflemen have recently returned to their barracks at Bulford after a five month tour in Afghanistan where they were part of the Election Support Force. Three soldiers from the Battalion were lost during the tour. (Matt Cardy / Getty Images)

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A soldier on Operation Herrick in Afghanistan, eagerly opens mail from home. Regular post, letters and parcels to our troops on operations from family and friends are vital in maintaining morale and easing the strains of serving so far from home.

A soldier from 5 Platoon, 2 Mercian Regiment fires a 66mm HEAT L1A1 Rocket at insurgents during heavy fighting in Operation Panchai Palang near Babaji, Helmand, Afghanistan.

Grenade smoke engulfs a team of Guardsmen as they wait for the team in front to clear a building situated in a compound near Checkpoint Yellow 7, Helmand, Afghanistan. During Operation Panchai Palang 2 (Panthers Claw), the men of 2 Company 1 Battalion Welsh Guards (2 Coy 1WG), occupied a compound overlooking Checkpoint Yellow 7, a volatile bridge crossing which had been denied to the insurgents by the introduction of obstacles and men.

Troops are pinned down during a co-ordinated attack from all sides of Checkpoint Yellow 7, which saw accurate enemy fire coming from within fifty meters, together with indirect fire hitting various points around them. During Operation Panchai Palang 2 (Panthers Claw), the men of 2 Company 1 Battalion Welsh Guards (2 Coy 1WG), occupied a compound overlooking Checkpoint Yellow 7, a volatile bridge crossing which had been denied to the insurgents by the introduction of obstacles and men.

A wounded soldier is treated whilst underfire from all sides, during a firefight at Checkpoint Yellow 7 in Helmand, Afghanistan. During Operation Panchai Palang 2 (Panthers Claw), the men of 2 Company 1 Battalion Welsh Guards (2 Coy 1WG), occupied a compound overlooking Checkpoint Yellow 7, a volatile bridge crossing which had been denied to the insurgents by the introduction of obstacles and men

Troops retreat from a Blackhawk medivac helicopter after placing a wounded comrade onboard. This followed a prolonged contact with Taliban fighters which saw the enemy attack from various positions on both sides of a river in Helmand, Afghanistan during Operation Panchai Palang 2 (Panthers Claw). Soldiers of 2 Company, 1 Battalion Welsh Guards (2 Coy 1WG), had been occupying a compound overlooking Checkpoint Yellow 7, a volatile bridge crossing, when the engagement occurred.

Troops carry a wounded comrade to a Blackhawk medivac helicopter. This followed a prolonged contact with Taliban fighters which saw the enemy attack from various positions on both sides of a river in Helmand, Afghanistan during Operation Panchai Palang 2 (Panthers Claw). Soldiers of 2 Company, 1 Battalion Welsh Guards (2 Coy 1WG), had been occupying a compound overlooking Checkpoint Yellow 7, a volatile bridge crossing, when the engagement occurred.

During Operation Panchai Palang, men of 7 Platoon,2 Company, 1 Welsh Guards, (7 Plt, 2 Coy 1WG), together with men of the Mortar Platoon responded to enemy fire as they occupied a compound near Checkpoint Yellow 7 on the Shamalan Canal in Helmand, Afghanistan.

During Operation Panchai Palang, men of 7 Platoon,2 Company, 1 Welsh Guards, (7 Plt, 2 Coy 1WG), together with men of the Mortar Platoon respond to enemy fire as they occupy a compound near Checkpoint Yellow 7 on the Shamalan Canal in Helmand, Afghanistan,

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A sniper from the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards watches for enemy activity during a patrol in Babaji district, Helmand
[Picture: Sergeant Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Soldiers from Number 1 Company of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards on patrol around Kopak near Babaji
[Picture: Sergeant Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

Lance Sergeant Mathew Wallis talks to one of the local children during a patrol in Babaji district, Helmand
[Picture: Sergeant Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

A sniper team provides cover to soldiers of Number 1 Company, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, during a patrol in Babaji district
[Picture: Sergeant Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

A Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft at RAF Brize Norton
[Picture: SAC Neil Chapman, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

A Royal Air Force Merlin helicopter is loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster aircraft at Brize Norton for transportation to the USA for Exercise Merlin Vortex
[Picture: SAC Neil Chapman, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]

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British soldier of B Flight, 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment provides security outside Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 2, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released)