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Post by Frenchie on May 11, 2009 16:03:10 GMT 1
A battalion of Belfast-based soldiers are regularly running a deadly gauntlet over hostile terrain to deliver vital supplies to British Army outposts in southern Afghanistan. A Land Rover and a Mastiff lead a Combat Logistic Patrol At the start of their six-month tour of duty, the men and women of 10 Close Support Squadron (10 CS Sqn), 19 Combat Service Support (CSS) Battalion, Royal Logistic Corps, have already made their mark by mounting five large, armed convoys from Camp Bastion to outlying bases, including one to the town of Sangin, in the Helmand River Valley; a 250km round trip, which took three exhausting days. More >>
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