© Licensed to London News Pictures. 09/03/2012. Copedown Hill, UK. Secretary of Defence Philip Hammond (dark clothing) visits troops who are being deployed to Afghanistan next month. The 12th Mechanized Brigade (12 Mech Bde) at Copehill Down, Salisbury Plain Training Area, Wiltshire, on FRIDAY 09 MARCH 2012, as it prepares to deploy to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on Operation Herrick 16, in the Spring of this year. The Brigade were performing a dynamic demonstration of combined Afghan/ISAF operations supported by surveillance assets and casualty evacuation capability. Tornado GR4 fast jest ground support was also displayed.. Photo credit : Stephen SImpson/LNP
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