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Defence 2007: A Year in Pictures

HMS Tireless

Picture 1: HMS Tireless's crew take the air after the submarine surfaced through the Arctic ice [Picture: PO (Phot) Terry Seward]

Explosion at the Al Jameat Police Station

Picture 2: The explosion that destroyed the Al Jameat Police Station in Basrah on Christmas Day 2006 [Picture: Cpl Russ Nolan RLC]

Sappers take a welcome lunch break

Picture 3: Sappers take a welcome lunch break whilst shading from the sun at the hottest time of the day [Sergeant Will Craig]

Flight Sergeant Chris Scurr

Picture 4: RAF Search and Rescue winchman, Flight Sergeant Chris Scurr, winches a terrier dog onboard his RAF Sea King search and rescue helicopter from a house in Gloucester [Picture: RAF]

Posties in Afghanistan

Picture 5: Getting through: mail arrives at Lashkar Gah camp aboard a Chinook helicopter [Picture: Cpl Jon Bevan]

10 Division the Iraqi Army on parade

Picture 6: Soldiers from 10 Division the Iraqi Army on parade as Maysaan Province is transferred to Provincial Iraqi Control [Picture: Cpl Andy Benson, RAF]

Surgeon Lieutenant Bryony Southorn

Picture 7: Surgeon Lieutenant Bryony Southorn is one of a team of dentists seeing up to 200 people a day [Picture: Cpl Russ Nolan RLC]

The Defence Storage and Distribution Agency, LLangennech

Picture 8: Some shelves, at the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency, LLangennech, reached by lifts, are nearly 40 feet (12 metres) above the ground [Picture: Allan House]

Captain Mackenzie Green

Picture 9: Captain Mackenzie Green, Officer Commanding 10 Troop, sends a situation report during the initial breech (entry) into enemy compounds during Operation VOLCANO, Afghanistan [Picture: LA (Phot) Gaz Faulkner]

Falkland Islands conflict 25th Anniversary fireworks

Picture 10: Children in the Falkland Islands watching the firework display that marked the 25th anniversary of the conflict [Picture: Harland Quarrington]

British troops return to the Contingency Operating Base

Picture 11: British troops return to the Contingency Operating Base following the handover of Basra Palace to the Iraqi palace protection force [Picture: Cpl Follows]

Yeoman Warder Moira Cameron

Picture 12: Yeoman Warder Moira Cameron [Picture: Max Coope, newsteam.co.uk]

Mortar firing

Picture 13: Multi-National troops take part in Operation SILICON, the ISAF mission launched on Monday 30 April to remove the Taliban from the southern province of Helmand [Picture: Corporal Adrian Harlen RLC]

HMS Endurance

Picture 14: HMS Endurance surveying in the Erebus and Terror Gulf, North Eastern Antarctic Peninsular [Picture: LA (Phot) Kelly Whybrow]

Gallantry Awards

Picture 15: The four Household Cavalry Members show their Gallantry Awards [Picture: POA (Phot) Flo Foord]

Apache rescue

Picture 16: An Apache flies to the Taliban stronghold with Marines strapped to the side 'wings' [Picture: MOD]

Astute under construction

Picture 17: Astute under construction at BAE Systems [Picture: BAE Systems]

A Typhoon intercepts a Russian aircraft

Picture 18: An RAF Typhoon from Number XI Squadron shadowing a Russian Bear-H aircraft over the North Atlantic Ocean on 17 August 2007 [Picture: RAF]

Signs of units that have served in Bessbrook Mill

Picture 19: Signs belonging to units that have served in Bessbrook Mill have now been removed for storage [Picture: MOD]

Private Oliver Hale

Picture 20: The barrel of Private Hale's General Purpose Machine Gun smokes from the heat created by the thousand rounds he has just fired [Picture: Cpl Jon Bevan RLC]

HRH Prince Harry conducts a practice dive

Picture 21: HRH Prince Harry conducts a practice dive in the diving training tank [Picture: LA (Phot) Emz Tucker]

Clearing compounds

Picture 22: Royal Marine Commandos from 11 Troop, M Company, 42 Commando conduct room clearance of Taliban insurgents through the compounds of the village of Barikju during Operation VOLCANO [Picture: PO (Phot) Sean Clee]

Two police dog recruits

Picture 23: Two recruits, born of the same dame Izzy, but a different sire Sioux Warrior who won Best of Breed at Crufts in 2006, will be trained to the highest police dog standards [Picture: Paul Kemp]

Dannielle Beardshaw

Picture 24: Dannielle Beardshaw, aged 12, greets her father Lance Sergeant Chris Beardshaw with her hand-made banner [Picture: Cpl Russ Nolan RLC]

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Defence 2007: A Year in Pictures

All of the featured photographs were taken by Service or MOD photographers between the end of December 2006 and December 2007, and relate to events and activities involving UK Armed Forces or the Ministry of Defence during the year.
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