GALLERY: Royal Navy's Amphibious Task Group on TAURUS 09

Members of 2 Troop, Alpha Company, 40 Commando RM on an LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel) prepare to conduct an amphibious raid during Exercise Cyprus Wader [Picture: LA(Phot) A J Macleod]

A Royal Marine fires a General Purpose Machine Gun from a Landing Craft during Exercise Cyprus Wader [Picture: LA (Phot) Bernie Henesy]

A Royal Marines Commando applies facial camouflage ahead of a raid [Picture: LA (Phot) Bernie Henesy]

A Royal Marines Commando loads belt-linked machine gun ammunition into cases ahead of a raid [Picture: LA (Phot) Bernie Henesy]

Royal Marines stow belt-linked machine gun ammunition into cases ahead of a raid [Picture: LA (Phot) Bernie Henesy]

Royal Marines launch a dawn raid during Exercise Cyprus Wader [Picture: LA (Phot) Bernie Henesy]

Members of the Special Reconnaissance Group of 539 Assault Group RM practise deploying inflatable boats on and off Royal Navy submarine HMS Talent [Picture: LA(Phot) A J Macleod]

Royal Marines bring their Rigid Inflatable Boats to rest with the cavernous docking bay of an RFA Bay Class vessel [Picture: LA (Phot) Bernie Henesy]

Members of the Special Reconnaissance Team of 539 Assault Group RM practise 'helocasting' as a covert method of insertion [Picture: LA(Phot) A J Macleod]

Members of an Alpha Company, 40 Commando RM, raid party during Exercise Cyprus Wader [Picture: LA(Phot) A J Macleod]

The eleven ships of the Royal Navy's TAURUS 09 deployment line up in a rare display of might [Picture: LA (Phot) Shaun Barlow]

The eleven ships of the Royal Navy's TAURUS 09 deployment line up in a rare display of might [Picture: LA (Phot) Shaun Barlow]