A Vehicle Specialist from 17 Port and Maritime Regiment awaiting the arrival of a ferry carrying Challenger tanks of the Queens Royal Lancers, Kuwait, 2003

Digital photograph by Warrant Officer 2 Giles Penfound, Army Media Operations, 23 February 2003.

In the build up for Operation TELIC, the invasion of Iraq in 2003, personnel from 17 Port and Maritime Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps, oversaw the disembarkation of vehicles and supplies at docks in Kuwait. Here, they await the arrival of the Challenger 2 tanks and support vehicles of the Queens Royal Lancers, transported from Germany on a Roll On Roll Off (RORO) ferry. Vehicle specialists are trained to drive all forms of wheeled and tracked vehicles.

One of a collection of digital photographs relating to Operation TELIC, Iraq, 2003.