In Pictures
Royal Marines from Lima Company, 42 Commando prepare to board a Chinook helicopter during Operation SOND CHARA in Helmand province [Picture: Sergeant James Elmer ABIPP RLC]
British troops from Lima Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines Group carry out operations in the Helmand province of Southern Afghanistan to bring security to the surrounding areas [Picture: Sergeant James Elmer ABIPP RLC]
A Danish Leopard II tank provides overwatch during OPERATION SOND CHARA. Part of a Multi National operation in Nad-e-ali [Picture: MOD]
Royal Marine Commandos from Lima Company, 42 CDO, provide reconnaissance from atop an abandoned compound in a Helmand village [Picture: Sergeant James Elmer ABIPP RLC]
Drenched in rain and mud, Royal Marine Commandos muster at an abandoned village in Helmand province [Picture: Sergeant James Elmer ABIPP RLC]
A Royal Marines Commando looks down the sights of his SA-80 Assault Rifle [Picture: Cpl John Scott Rafoss USMC ISAF HQ]
Royal Marines from Lima Company, 42 Cdo, on Op SOND CHARA [Picture: Sergeant James Elmer ABIPP RLC]
Royal Marine Commandos from Lima Company use satellite imagery to negotiate a complex of compounds in southern Afghanistan during Operation SOND CHARA [Picture: Cpl John Scott Rafoss USMC ISAF HQ]
Royal Marine Commandos investigate a derelict building complex during Operation SOND CHARA [Picture: Cpl John Scott Rafoss USMC ISAF HQ]
Royal Marine Commandos use natural cover provided by vegitation growing alongside an irrigation ditch during Op SOND CHARA [Picture: Cpl John Scott Rafoss USMC ISAF HQ]
Assault Engineers from 42 Commando search a suspected weapons cache during Op SOND CHARA [Picture: LA(Phot) Gaz Faulkner]
Patrolling commandos cast shadows along the walls of a deserted compound during Op SOND CHARA [Picture: LA(Phot) Gaz Faulkner]
A logistics convoy carries supplies to front line troops during Op SOND CHARA [Picture: LA(Phot) Gaz Faulkner]
A Royal Marine sniper keeps a keen eye out for enemy movement during Op SOND CHARA [Picture: LA(Phot) Gaz Faulkner]
A Royal Marines Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) specialist sweeps for anti-personnel mines during Op SOND CHARA [Picture: Cpl John Scott Rafoss USMC ISAF HQ]