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GALLERY: 2 PARA tough it out in Helmand's 'Green Zone'

Private Dean Dunn JPG (66.2 KB)

Private Dean Dunn, 2 Para, calls home to his family, using one of eight welfare phones at FOB Inkerman [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

Lieutenant Wes Smart briefs his section commanders JPG (116.9 KB)

Platoon commander Lieutenant Wes Smart briefs his section commanders before going back out on patrol [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

Lance Corporal Dippnall JPG (96.5 KB)

Lance Corporal Dippnall covers members of his section during the clearance of a compound near FOB Inkerman during a local patrol [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

Lieutenant Wes Smart (left) and Sergeant Tam McDermot JPG (88.6 KB)

Platoon Commander Lieutenant Wes Smart (left) gets a briefing from Sergeant Tam McDermot during a patrol in the green zone [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

Sniper Lance Corporal Windmill JPG (93.9 KB)

Sniper Lance Corporal Windmill provides cover for the patrol of 5 platoon crossing the open ground [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

Lance Corporal Dippnall (front) and Private Danny Holmes JPG (93.0 KB)

Lance Corporal Dippnall (front) and Private Danny Holmes clear a room during a compound clearance [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

Corporal Gavin Winter (in the door)

Corporal Gavin Winter (in the door) during the break-in on a compound, part of a patrol around the local area of FOB Inkerman [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

Private Rai JPG (98.2 KB)

Private Rai clears rooms as part of a compound search [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

Lance Corporal John Dippnall (front) and Private Dean Rees JPG (82.2 KB)

Lance Corporal John Dippnall (front) and Private Dean Rees clear room-to-room in a compound on a patrol around the local area of FOB Inkerman [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

Sergeant Mick Howard JPG (69.1 KB)

Sergeant Mick Howard uses a solar shower during in FOB Inkerman [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

Private Andy Shawcross JPG (110.6 KB)

Private Andy Shawcross, 2 Para Mortar Platoon, relaxes on his bed in FOB Inkerman [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

Lance Corporal Ryan Barnard (rear) and Private Cutton JPG (123.1 KB)

Lance Corporal Ryan Barnard (rear) and Private Cutton enter a compound during a patrol around the local area of FOB (Forward Operating Base) Inkerman [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

Lance Corporal John Dippnall JPG (99.8 KB)

Lance Corporal John Dippnall crosses a cornfield in the Green Zone [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

GALLERY: 2 PARA tough it out in Helmand's 'Green Zone'

Coming face to face with the Taliban is all in a day's work for the soldiers and officers of B Company, 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, at their base on the edge of the notorious Green Zone in Aghanistan's volatile Helmand Province.
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