GALLERY: Combat Logistic Patrols keep supplies moving across Helmand

An Oshkosh 20,000-litre tanker is shadowed by a Viking of the Combat Logistic Patrol flank protection screen [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

Lance Corporal Danny White relaxes in the back of his armoured vehicle after a four-hour stint as a top-cover sentry [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

The Combat Logistic Patrol halts in the desert on the return journey to Camp Bastion [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

A Land Rover and a Mastiff patrol vehicle of the Force Protection Platoon lead the Combat Logistic Patrol out of FOB Nolay [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

A soldier from the Force Protection Platoon maintains his .50 calibre heavy machine gun in the twilight at FOB Nolay [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

Recovery mechanics of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers hook up a broken-down vehicle [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

Two recovery vehicles of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers prepare to load a damaged Viking onto a DROPS truck [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

Two recovery vehicles of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers load a damaged Viking onto a DROPS truck [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

Two female drivers of the 19 Combat Service Support Battalion catch some rest and sun at FOB Nolay [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

A soldier from the Force Protection Platoon maintains a .50 calibre heavy machine gun [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

A soldier washes his face at FOB Nolay [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

The Combat Logistic Patrol crosses the desert on the way back to Camp Bastion [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

The Combat Logistic Patrol passes through the desert [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

A Land Rover of the Force Protection Platoon follows a DROPS truck of the Combat Logistic Patrol through the desert [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

The new Support Vehicles (the first four trucks in the picture) in the Combat Logistic Patrol on Highway One [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]

A Force Protection Land Rover at the front of the Combat Logistic Patrol stops civilian traffic on Highway One [Picture: Corporal Rupert Frere]