In Pictures

Members of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards prepare their kit and ration packs [Picture: Sergeant Mick Howard RLC]

With fully loaded packs members of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards set off into the jungle [Picture: Sergeant Mick Howard RLC]

A quick check of objectives before setting off [Picture: Sergeant Mick Howard RLC]

Members of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards practice their amphibious assault skills [Picture: Sergeant Mick Howard RLC]

Members of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards practice their jungle warfare skills [Picture: Sergeant Mick Howard RLC]

Members of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards put into practice their Offensive Operations skills [Picture: Sergeant Mick Howard RLC]

The end of a long weary day [Picture: Sergeant Mick Howard RLC]

Soldiers write letters home by candle light [Picture: Sergeant Mick Howard RLC]

The culmination of the exercise was a dawn attack on the "enemy" - supplied by the local Belize Defence Force [Picture: Sergeant Mick Howard RLC]

450 bearded, dirty soldiers, who hadn't showered for 28 days, swooped down on the "enemy" [Picture: Sergeant Mick Howard RLC]