A large queue outside 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment's dining hall at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, 2006

Digital photograph by Corporal Mike Fletcher, Royal Logistic Corps, Helmand Task Force Photographer, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 14 June 2006.

This image was taken on Operation HERRICK IV, the UK's deployment into Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan. The Helmand Task Force was made up of 3,300 troops from the British Military, with the majority being taken from 16 Air Assault Brigade. Camp Bastion was constructed in the desert north west of the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah.

From a collection of images taken during Operation HERRICK IV, the UK's deployment into Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan.