Operation Veritas: Photo Gallery - Op Buzzard

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Pictures from Operation Buzzard - 45 Commando Group

(Archives of earlier pictures from OpVeritas, including 45 Cdo Gp on Ops Condor, Snipe and Ptarmigan)

Royal Marines prepare to set out for the Buzzard area of operations in heavily armed Land Rovers (Click here for high resolution version)	Commando forces board an RAF Chinook helicopter at Bagram airfield at twilight (Click here for high resolution version)	The Chinooks are the key asset enabling the rapid movement of the Jacana Task Group around the area of operations (Click here for high resolution version)
The Land Rovers also move out at dusk (Click here for high resolution version)	Operation Buzzard is using a combination of helicopter, vehicle and foot patrols to cover a wide area of operations (Click here for high resolution version)	The rear-gunner's view from an RAF Chinook (Click here for high resolution version)
A large crowd gathers to watch another detachment of Royal Marines flown in (Click here for high resolution version)	(Click here for high resolution version)	A careful watch is maintained whilst the Chinooks unload (Click here for high resolution version)
(Click here for high resolution version)	During a short rest, Royal Marines share a joke with local men (Click here for high resolution version)	Pitching camp for the night (Click here for high resolution version)
(Click here for high resolution version)	Another Commando patrol stops to talk with local people (Click here for high resolution version)	Young children look on as a Jacana convoy passes (Click here for high resolution version)
Pinzgauer and Land Rover vehicles on patrol (Click here for high resolution version)	A friendly wave from a local man (Click here for high resolution version)	A machine-gunner highlighted against the evening skyline (Click here for high resolution version)
(Click here for high resolution version)	A Royal Engineer guards the entrance to a former Taliban cave complex (Click here for high resolution version)	Inside one of the brick-lined chambers (Click here for high resolution version)
Deeper into the cave complex (Click here for high resolution version)	Damage from US airstikes is evident (Click here for high resolution version)	Demolition charges piled high (Click here for high resolution version)
The complex is demolished to deny further use of the caves to the terrorists (Click here for high resolution version)	A sapper checks the entrance has been blocked (Click here for high resolution version)	Royal Engineers conduct final checks before destroying another cave complex (Click here for high resolution version)
The line of caves before demolition (Click here for high resolution version)	A string of controlled explosions seals off the entrances to the complex (Click here for high resolution version)	A village elder greets a patrol (Click here for high resolution version)
A Royal Navy photographer from the Combat Camera Team shares sweets with local children (Click here for high resolution version)	On patrol (Click here for high resolution version)	Another warm welcome from villagers for the Jacana Task Force (Click here for high resolution version)
A villager offers members of the Commando forces a cup of tea (Click here for high resolution version)	Afghans flock around a Commando patrol (Click here for high resolution version)	A Royal Navy surgeon gives a young child a medical check (Click here for high resolution version)
Another child is checked out (Click here for high resolution version)	Humanitarian aid has been an important element of Op Buzzard for British and US troops (Click here for high resolution version)	A Royal Navy dentist provides an Afghan with his first dental examination for years (Click here for high resolution version)
Another arms cache is put permanently out of use by Royal Engineers (Click here for high resolution version)	Commando forces on a sweep through a village (Click here for high resolution version)	Every possible hiding place has to be checked for weapons (Click here for high resolution version)
Part of a large arms cache found on 22 June (Click here for high resolution version)	Troops carefully inspect some of the large array of heavy weapons discovered during a patrol (Click here for high resolution version)	(Click here for high resolution version)
A Sapper checks the arms cache for booby-traps before removal (Click here for high resolution version)	Troops prepare the arms for removal and disposal (Click here for high resolution version)	Royal Marines are moved by an RAF Chinook to establish a Vehicle Check Point (Click here for high resolution version)
A vehicle is searched for arms in south-east Afghanistan (Click here for high resolution version)	A Royal Marine checks the underside of a chassis for contraband (Click here for high resolution version)	A US Army Blackhawk arrives to move the team to set up a checkpoint at a new location (Click here for high resolution version)
Royal Marines board an RAF Chinook at the conclusion of Op Buzzard (Click here for high resolution version)	The Chinooks return to Bagram (Click here for high resolution version)	Commando troops disembark, operation successfully completed (Click here for high resolution version)

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