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Royal Marines have recently helped cleared explosive devices from a key route in Helmand, allowing vital access for coalition forces and locals.
20th Armoured Brigade will replace 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines in October 2011 as the lead formation of British troops in Helmand province, Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has announced today, Wednesday 13 July 2011.
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) instructors are teaching members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) the fundamentals of identifying and countering improvised explosive devices on a new course at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province.
Two Royal Marines from 45 Commando, who were badly injured in Afghanistan, are back on duty in Helmand, thanks to the excellent medical treatment they received both in theatre and back in the UK.
An infantry soldier currently serving in Helmand province has written in his latest blog about a battle with insurgents that lasted six hours, disrupting an enemy shura.
Some 110 soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade, which deployed to Helmand from October 2010 to April 2011, attended a reception with the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces yesterday.
Working 14-hour days in kitchens where temperatures reach 60 degrees Celsius, chefs from 42 Commando Royal Marines are producing up to 900 meals a day for troops at a patrol base in central Helmand.
It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce the death of a soldier from the 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Staffords), who was killed on Saturday 18 June 2011. The soldier was shot while on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj (North) District of Helmand Province and died of his injuries.
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has visited British forces in Helmand province as they prepare to begin the process of handing over substantive security responsibilities to their Afghan counterparts in Lashkar Gah.
A brother and sister in the Royal Air Force have found themselves serving together for the first time, at Camp Bastion in Helmand province.
The RAF Air Traffic Controllers at Camp Bastion, the main UK base in Helmand province and the UK’s fourth busiest airfield, have recently moved into a new state-of-the-art control tower.
After a series of joint patrols with soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR), Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) have taken control of Checkpoint Shingul, located in the Chah-e Mirza district of Helmand province.
After a series of joint patrols with soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR), Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) have taken control of Checkpoint Shingul, located in the Chah-e Mirza district of Helmand province.
While on patrol in Helmand last week, Lance Corporal Ryder of 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (3 MERCIAN) witnessed a Warrior armoured vehicle trigger an IED, and the soldiers on board escape without serious injury.