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IN PICTURES: Welsh Guards in jungle storm

Preparing kit

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

Setting off into the jungle

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

Quick check of objectives

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

Practising amphibious assault skills

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

Practising jungle warfare skills

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

Practising Offensive Operations skills

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

End of the day

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

Writing home

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

Attack on the

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

Blue smoke screen

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

IN PICTURES: Welsh Guards in jungle storm

The 1st Battalion Welsh Guards have recently been training and practicing jungle warfare skills in Belize in Central America.

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