In Pictures

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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 enter a compound during a patrol around the local area of FOB (Forward Operating Base) Inkerman [Picture: Sergeant Anthony Boocock]

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