Reply With QuoteInteresting to see a bloke double gunning with UGL and LMG, in the Shin Kalay pics.
Cheers. Reminder of the program "Soldiers To Be". Class.Originally Posted by rgjbloke
Interesting to see a bloke double gunning with UGL and LMG, in the Shin Kalay pics.
Five days for frontline troops to turn Queen's Guard at Royal Wedding 06.04.11
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Exercise Active Rhino 05.04.11
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Hero Soldier is named Children's Champion 04.04.11
It looks like they're still in the PB, so he's probably just holding one of them for a mate
RAF and Fleet Air Arm personnel are pictured at the closing parade of RAF Cottesmore in Rutland.
RAF Cottesmore closed as an independent RAF Station on 31st March 2011. To commemorate this historic event a Closure Parade of 120 personnel was held at the air station followed by a march through Cottesmore village, Church Service in Oakham and reception in Oakham Museum.
Pictured here is the beginning of the day at RAF Cottesmore itself on the 'pan' with the guard of honour on show in front of the cheering public. Here the Parade form up into two ranks with 'eye' centre being shown. Here the Reviewing Officer works his way down the Parade, occassionally stopping to talk to the personnel involved.
Commando coxswains looking to embark on Royal Navy warships exercise their craft in Plymouth [Picture: Leading Airman (Photographer) Dan Hooper, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
Royal Marines Landing Craft Course final beach landing exercise on Wilson's Beach at HM Naval Base Devonport [Picture: Leading Airman (Photographer) Dan Hooper, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
Stores for the first contingent of Royal Air Force personnel to deploy on Opeation Ellamy, arrive at an air base in the Mediterranean as part of the UK contribution to help enforce the no fly zone over Libya. A team from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire was airlifted to the base by C130 Hercules transport aircraft. They were accompanied by specialist air movements staff from 1 Air Mobility Wing, based at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire, whose role was to unload cargo and passengers as the RAF's presence in the area builds over the coming days. Photographer: SAC Neil Chapman Image 45152556.jpg from www.defenceimages.mod.uk
Royal Air Force VC10 aircraft from 101 Squadron are pictured at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire prior to departing for Operation Ellamy in support of the no fly zone over Libya. The VC10 C1K is a dual-role AT and AAR aircraft. In the AT role, the aircraft is used for troop carrying, with accommodation for 124 passengers and nine crew. Use of a large, cabin-freight door on the forward left side of the aircraft allows easy conversion of the aircraft into a dual-role passenger/freight or full-freight configuration. In its full-freight role, the cabin can hold up to 20,400kgs of palletised freight, ground equipment or vehicles, on its permanently strengthened floor. The aircraft can also be used for aero-medical evacuation, for which up to 68 stretchers may be fitted. Photographer: SAC Neil Chapman Image 45152561.jpg from www.defenceimages.mod.uk
RAF Reaper Remotely Piloted Air System taxis along the runway at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan [Picture: Corporal Steve Follows RAF, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
RAF Reaper in the skies over Kandahar [Picture: Sergeant Corrine Buxton RAF, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
An RAF pilot carries out a pre-flight inspection of a Reaper before a mission [Picture: Sergeant Corrine Buxton RAF, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Royal Navy Type 22 frigate HMS Campbeltown has marked the 69th anniversary of a World War Two battle with two Royal Navy veterans. From left: Veteran Stephen Barney, Major Andy Tustin, 131 Independent Commando Squadron Royal Engineers, and veteran Bill 'Tiger' Watson [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
Members of HMS Campbeltown's ship's company conduct seven-gun salute at the cemetery in St Nazaire in remembrance of the fallen [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
Exercise Desert Eagle
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Sgt. Andreas Hall, right, a weapons instructor with the No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, No. 4 Force Protection Wing security forces, gives a briefing to RAF airmen before firing on the shooting range at the Nevada Test and Training Range March 8, 2011, during exercise Desert Eagle. Desert Eagle is an integrated training exercise between U.K. RAF airmen with the No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment and U.S. Airmen with the 820th Base Defense Group to improve the ability of both nations to work together during present and future contingencies.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Lance Cpl. Dennis O'Brian, left, with No. 4 Force Protection Wing, stows equipment in his gear after weapons range training during exercise Desert Eagle at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada March 6, 2011.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Sgt. Andreas Hall, right, a weapons instructor with the No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, No. 4 Force Protection Wing security forces, shows RAF airmen the proper shooting position before firing on the shooting range at the Nevada Test and Training Range March 8, 2011, during exercise Desert Eagle.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Adam Boots, with the No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, No. 4 Force Protection Wing security forces, fires an SA-80A2 assault rifle on the shooting range at the Nevada Test and Training Range March 8, 2011, during exercise Desert Eagle.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Richard Holder, 820th Combat Operations Squadron combat arms instructor, gives sight adjustments to U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Adam Boots, with the No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, No. 4 Force Protection Wing security forces, while on the shooting range at the Nevada Test and Training Range March 8, 2011, during exercise Desert Eagle.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Richard Holder, center, a combat arms instructor with the 820th Combat Operations Squadron, gives sight adjustments to U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Tevita Ratuvuki, right, with the No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, No. 4 Force Protection Wing security forces, on the shooting range at the Nevada Test and Training Range March 8, 2011, during exercise Desert Eagle.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Svendsen, right, a weapons instructor with 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron, briefs a U.K. airman with No.1 Squadron, No. 4 Force Protection Wing on how to fire an M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun during exercise Desert Eagle at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada March 7, 2011.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Airmen with the No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, No. 4 Force Protection Wing security forces look over their results on targets at the shooting range at the Nevada Test and Training Range March 8, 2011, during exercise Desert Eagle.
The official start of Op Herrick 14
3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines have today taken command of Task Force Helmand in Afghanistan, officially marking the start of Operation HERRICK 14.
In a short ceremony at the headquarters of Task Force Helmand in Lashkar Gah, Brigadier James Chiswell MC, Commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade formally handed over to Brigadier Ed Davis OBE, Commander of 3 Commando Brigade.
Exercise Desert Eagle
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Ross Cunningham, left, with No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, No. 4 Force Protection Wing security forces, instructs U.S. Airmen posing as Iraqi villagers to step back from the perimeter fence line during a field training exercise at the Nevada Test and Training Range March 14, 2011, during exercise Desert Eagle
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Ross Cunningham, right, with No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, No. 4 Force Protection Wing security forces, instructs a U.S. Airman posing as an Iraqi villager to step back from the perimeter fence line during a field training exercise at the Nevada Test and Training Range March 14, 2011, during exercise Desert Eagle.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Nick Alexander, left, with No.1 Squadron, No. 4 Force Protection Wing, provides security for a meeting held inside of a building in a mock Iraqi Village during exercise Desert Eagle at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada March 15, 2011.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, No. 4 Force Protection Wing security forces personnel advance toward suspected insurgents during a field training exercise at the Nevada Test and Training Range March 14, 2011, during exercise Desert Eagle.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Adam Boots, with the No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, No. 4 Force Protection Wing security forces, uses a Vallon VMH3CS metal detector to check for improvised explosive devices during a field exercise at the Nevada Test and Training Range March 15, 2011, during exercise Desert Eagle.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Adam Boots, with No.1 Squadron, No. 4 Force Protection Wing, sweeps for roadside bombs with a VMH3CS metal detector at a mock Iraqi village during exercise Desert Eagle at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada March 15, 2011.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Adam Boots, with No.1 Squadron, No. 4 Force Protection Wing, sweeps for roadside bombs with a VMH3CS metal detector while U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Warnsing, with 820th Base Defense Group, provides security during exercise Desert Eagle at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada March 15, 2011.
A U.K. airman checks a role-player portraying a casualty for responsiveness during exercise Desert Eagle at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada March 16, 2011.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Chris Jeans, with the No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment. No. 4 Force Protection Wing security forces, stands in a turret of a Humvee during a field exercise at the Nevada Test and Training Range March 15, 2011, during exercise Desert Eagle.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Adam Boots, No.1 Squadron, Regiment 4 Force Protection Wing security forces, with No.1 Squadron, No. 4 Force Protection Wing, provides security for a meeting held inside of a building in a mock Iraqi Village during exercise Desert Eagle at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada March 15, 2011.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Cpl. Ben Wharton, left, and Senior Aircraftsman Adam Boots, both with No.1 Squadron, No. 4 Force Protection Wing, provide security for a meeting held inside of a building in a mock Iraqi Village during exercise Desert Eagle at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada March 15, 2011.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Cpl. Ben Wharton, left, and Senior Aircraftsman Adam Boots, both with No.1 Squadron, No. 4 Force Protection Wing, provide security for a meeting held inside of a building in a mock Iraqi Village during exercise Desert Eagle at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada March 15, 2011.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Nick Alexander, with No.1 Squadron, No. 4 Force Protection Wing, provides security for a meeting held inside of a building in a mock Iraqi Village during exercise Desert Eagle at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada March 15, 2011.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Sgt. John Williams, with No.1 Squadron, No. 4 Force Protection Wing, provides security during exercise Desert Eagle at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada March 9, 2011.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman James Mclean, with No.1 Squadron, 4th RAF Force Protection Wing, prepares to fire his SA-80A2 rifle during exercise Desert Eagle at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada March 16, 2011.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Tevita Ratuvuki, with the No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, No. 4 Force Protection Wing security forces, provides security at the corner of a building in a mock Iraqi village during a field exercise at the Nevada Test and Training Range March 15, 2011, during exercise Desert Eagle.
U.K Royal Air Force (RAF) Senior Aircraftsman Tevita Ratuvuki, left, with No.1 Squadron, No. 4 Force Protection Wing, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Pablo Cancel, with 820th Base Defense Group, provide security for a meeting during exercise Desert Eagle at the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada March 15, 2011.
U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Cpl. Chris Sheehan, with the No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, No. 4 Force Protection Wing security forces, shares a laugh with his quick reaction force teammates during a field training exercise at the Nevada Test and Training Range March 14, 2011, during exercise Desert Eagle
The HCR in Helmand
Image of D Squadron the Household Calvary Regiment (HCR) who are based at the Kandak in the middle of Gereshk in Helmand Province. The HCR are operating on Jackal and Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) (CVR(T)). Using both Scimitar and Spartan. For the duration of Herrick 13 they have provided security on the Highway 601, this week visiting a new bizarre on the edge of Gereshk, providing assistance to The Afghan National Army (ANA). Images: Sgt Russ Nolan RLC, Herrick 14 Combat Camera Team.
Exercise Patriot 2008
British soldiers assigned to the Yorkshire Regiment, 4th Battalion practice platoon tactical movements against simulated oppositional forces on Fort McCoy, Wis., July 17, 2008, during Patriot 2008. Patriot is a joint, multinational exercise involving the National Guard and the reserve and active components of the Air Force and Army as well as Canadian, British and Dutch forces.
British soldiers assigned to the Yorkshire Regiment, 4th Battalion practice platoon tactical movements against simulated oppositional forces on Fort McCoy, Wis., July 17, 2008, during Patriot 2008.
British soldiers assigned to the Yorkshire Regiment, 4th Battalion practice platoon tactical movements against simulated oppositional forces on Fort McCoy, Wis., July 17, 2008, during Patriot 2008.
British soldiers assigned to the Yorkshire Regiment, 4th Battalion practice platoon tactical movements against simulated oppositional forces on Fort McCoy, Wis., July 17, 2008, during Patriot 2008.
British forces from the 4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, York, United Kingdom, practice urban assault tactics at Fort McCoy, Wis., during exercise Patriot 2008, July 23, 2008.
British forces, from the 4th Battalion, 4th Yorkshire Regiment, practice urban assault tactics at Fort McCoy, Wis., during Patriot 2008, July 23, 2008.
British forces from the 4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, York, United Kingdom, practice urban assault tactics at Fort McCoy, Wis., during Patriot 2008, July 23, 2008
Royal Army soldiers (British) assigned to the 4th Battalion, 4th Yorkshire Regiment, practice urban assault tactics during exercise Patriot 2008 at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 23, 2008.
A British soldier from the 4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, York, United Kingdom, practices urban assault tactics at Fort McCoy, Wis., during Patriot 2008, July 23, 2008
British soldiers assigned to the Yorkshire Regiment, 4th Battalion take a break from practicing platoon tactical movements against simulated oppositional forces on Fort McCoy, Wis., July 17, 2008, during Patriot 2008.
Great photos on this page.
The flag of 3 Commando Brigade is raised in Lashkar Gah to mark the transfer of authority of Task Force Helmand from 16 Air Assault Brigade
[Picture: Sergeant Russ Nolan, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
Brigadier James Chiswell (right) of 16 Air Assault Brigade hands over command of Task Force Helmand to Brigadier Ed Davis of 3 Commando Brigade in Lashkar Gah [Picture: Sergeant Russ Nolan, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
Members of the 16 Air Assault Brigade Reconnaissance Force carefully scrutinise evidence discovered at one of the bomb factories in central Helmand
[Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
The main explosive charge of an improvised explosive device found during the joint UK and Afghan National Army operation [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
Members of the 16 Air Assault Brigade Reconnaissance Force on patrol in central Helmand [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
Small arms ammunition rounds and casings seized at the bomb-making factories [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]
A Coy 3 PARA on patrol in Chah-e Anjir
A Company 3 PARA on patrol in the local village of Chah-e Anjir alongside the Afghan National Army (ANA), Crown Copyright
Still using ECBA? I know the turret of a CVR(T) is a tight fit, but surely you can get in there wearing something better?
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