A Royal Navy gunner opens up on a target with a minigun during a night live firing serial.
HMS Illustrious was taking part in Cougar, a three month deployment to the Mediterranean as part of the United Kingdom’s Response Force Task Group, exercising with key allies.
Exercises included Corsican Lion to test the maritime element of the UK-French Joined Expeditionary Force, and Exercise Albanian Lion which provided superb faculties for the Lead commando group to train with Albanian forces, consolidating our relationship.
Photographer: LA(PHOT) Dean Nixon
A sailor looks on while HMS Sutherland replenishes at sea (RAS) from RFA Fort Victoria.
Fort Victoria was ordered from Harland and Wolff in 1986, and was launched in 1990 and is designated as an Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) ship. She was dedicated by HRH the Duchess of York on the 24th June 1994. Fort Victoria regularly deploys on exercises to such places as America, The Middle East and The Mediterranean.
Photographer: LA(PHOT) Ben Sutton
A soldier of the 12th Mechanized Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) cautiously crosses a pathway during a patrol in Afghanistan.
An airborne operation was launched into an insurgent stronghold in Afghanistan, resulting in a significant find of weapons and bomb making equipment.
The 12th Mechanized Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF), made up of soldiers and officers from the Light Dragoons, England’s Northern Cavalry, pushed into the area of Shorokay in the Upper Gereshk Valley as part of Operation Daas (which means Scythe in Dari) searching a complex bunker system.
Photographer: Sergeant Andy Reddy RLC
A soldier armed with an SA80 with Underslung Grenade Launcher (UGL) leads a patrol in Afghanistan.
An airborne operation was launched into an insurgent stronghold in Afghanistan, resulting in a significant find of weapons and bomb making equipment.
The 12th Mechanized Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF), made up of soldiers and officers from the Light Dragoons, England’s Northern Cavalry, pushed into the area of Shorokay in the Upper Gereshk Valley as part of Operation Daas (which means Scythe in Dari) searching a complex bunker system.
Photographer: Sergeant Andy Reddy RLC
A soldier armed with a L110A1 Minimi light machine gun keeps watch during a patrol with the 12th Mechanized Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) in Afghanistan.
An airborne operation was launched into an insurgent stronghold in Afghanistan, resulting in a significant find of weapons and bomb making equipment.
The 12th Mechanized Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF), made up of soldiers and officers from the Light Dragoons, England’s Northern Cavalry, pushed into the area of Shorokay in the Upper Gereshk Valley as part of Operation Daas (which means Scythe in Dari) searching a complex bunker system.
Photographer: Sergeant Andy Reddy RLC
Soldiers with the 12th Mechanized Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) prepare to disembark from a helicopter during an operation in Afghanistan.
An airborne operation was launched into an insurgent stronghold in Afghanistan, resulting in a significant find of weapons and bomb making equipment.
The 12th Mechanized Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF), made up of soldiers and officers from the Light Dragoons, England’s Northern Cavalry, pushed into the area of Shorokay in the Upper Gereshk Valley as part of Operation Daas (which means Scythe in Dari) searching a complex bunker system.
Photographer: Sergeant Andy Reddy RLC
A Royal Navy gunner dressed in protective anti-flash clothing is pictured during an exercise onboard HMS Bulwark.
As HMS Bulwark prepared for Operation Cougar, Weapon Engineers had the chance to fire their 20 mm guns.
3 first tme shooters were given the opportunity to fire under instruction from a Petty Officer.
Photographer: LA(PHOT) Joel Rouse
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