In Pictures
The proposed building works are discussed with the local population at a village shura [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
The proposed building works are discussed with the local population at a village shura [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A local villager discusses the local topography with a British soldier prior to the building works [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Soldiers keep watch for enemy activity as construction materials arrive [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
The digger starts to create a perimeter for the new patrol base [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
An engineer directs the digger operator during perimeter construction for the new patrol base [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Engineers stamp down the earth inside the newly-erected HESCO Bastion which will form the perimeter of the new patrol base [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Engineers add barbed wire to the top of the HESCO Bastion, forming the perimeter of the new patrol base [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
The construction of the HESCO Bastion perimeter complete with sangars (guard towers) for the new patrol base continues apace [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
The building works draw an audience from the local population [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Soldiers sharing their rations with local villagers [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
The Army Mastiffs dwarf the local transport [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A soldier keeps watch for enemy activity during the building works [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Engineers carry construction materials for the new bridge across the temporary bridge [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Soldiers keep watch for enemy activity during the building works [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Engineers manhandle the new bridge girders [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Engineers manhandle the new bridge girders across the temporary bridge [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A soldier keeps watch for enemy activity during the building works [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
The prefabricated bridge is lowered into place [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A soldier secures the Mastiff at the end of the day [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
A soldier keeps watch for enemy activity during the building works [Picture: Sgt Keith Cotton RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]