In Pictures
Lance Corporal Ross MacDougall, 1st Battalion Scots Guards, provides force protection during a Casualty Evacuation (CASEVAC) training exercise [Picture: Sergeant Dan Harmer, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Gurkhas from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (1 RGR) show off their culinary skills [Picture: Corporal Lloyd, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
A demonstration of a shura, where British forces meet with Afghan locals to discuss various issues and improve relations, at the 4th Mechanized Brigade Media Day on Salisbury Plain [Picture: Corporal Lloyd, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Members of a Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) crouch behind a Chinook helicopter on Salisbury Plain [Picture: Corporal Lloyd, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
A simulated casualty is treated by members of a Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) prior to helicopter extraction from the Salisbury Plain 'battlefield' [Picture: Corporal Jim Barron, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Members of a Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) transfer a casualty to the helicopter extraction site on a stretcher [Picture: Corporal Jim Barron, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Members of the Royal Army Medical Corps provide emergency treatment to a soldier during 4th Mechanized Brigade's Mission Specific Training [Picture: Sergeant Dan Harmer, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Lieutenant Colonel Andy Hadfield, Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, attends a mock shura with 'Afghan villagers' during the exercise [Picture: Corporal Jim Barron, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Private Chris Roylance from 6 Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, operates an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) during an exercise [Picture: Corporal Jim Barron, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Private David Glover of The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, stands beside a Husky vehicle prior to participating in a patrol exercise [Picture: Corporal Jim Barron, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Lieutenant Colonel James, Commanding Officer of 40 Commando Royal Marines, talks with some of the 'village elders' following a mock shura [Picture: Corporal Jim Barron, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Royal Engineers from the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Task Force during a briefing, prior to commencing a mine clearing patrol exercise [Picture: Corporal Jim Barron, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Sapper Steve Anderson (left) and Sapper Adam Lee (right) from the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Task Force clear a route during the exercise [Picture: Corporal Jim Barron, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
The Commander of a Ridgback armoured vehicle, operated by the Royal Dragoon Guards, during the Mission Specific Training (MST) on Salisbury Plain [Picture: Corporal Jim Barron, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]