A corporal from the Royal Army Medical Corps trains a soldier of the Afghan National Army to apply a field dressing, near Gereshk, Helmand Province, January 2011

Digital photograph by Sergeant Rupert Frere, Royal Logistic Corps, 2011.

Teaching Afghan personnel to treat casualties was part of the gradual transfer of responsibility for medical care to local authorities following the start of the British withdrawal from Afghanistan.

One of 13 images related to British forces working with Afghan National Army personnel, Operation HERRICK 13, Afghanistan (2001-), 2010-2011. From a collection of digital images compiled by Sergeant Rupert Frere, Royal Logistic Corps.