Pictures are Alpha Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, boarding an RAF A400M Atlas to fly from Barbados into the British Virgin Islands.
Alpha Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines have deployed as part of the Lead Commando Group (LCG) alongside attachments from the Army, Navy and RAF to provide humanitarian assistance to British Overseas Territories.
Royal Air Force logisticians from RAF Brize Norton have assisted with the delivery of military personnel and aid cargo to the Caribbean to support disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane IRMA.
RAF aircraft - including C-17, A400M and Voyager aircraft - supported a joint task force of RAF, Royal Marines, Army and Royal Navy personnel who supported the Department for International Development as it delivered aid to stricken Caribbean islands.
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Pictured is a British Army trainer deployed to Somalia in support of the United Nations.
British Forces are deployed in Somalia on Operation TANGHAM in order to support both the United Nations (UN) and the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to develop the Somali forces.
The British Army's work includes advisory and mentoring roles in Mogadishu as well as directly training the Somali National Army in Baidoa.
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Pictured is a Wildcat from the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) 847 Naval Air Squadron conducting Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) training on HMS Ocean, in preparation for arrival in the Caribbean during the UK Military operation (Op Ruman) in support of those effected by Hurricane IRMA.
HMS OCEAN was tasked to support the government's Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR), providing assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane IRMA.
In early September 2017 Hurricane Irma moved through the Caribbean region, causing absolute devastation wherever it landed. The British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands suffered lasting damage.
All three services and other government departments along with hundreds of troops were involved in the huge humanitarian effort.
Ships, planes and helicopters delivered tonnes of supplies to the UK nationals and locals caught up in the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma.
RFA Mounts Bay had already been deployed to the area for Hurricane season and was able to offer almost immediate assistance. Her Wildcat helicopter and Mexefloat landed over 6 tons of supplies and personnel to offer both engineering and medical support to Anguilla, then the British Virgin Islands.
Soon after, the Royal Navy flagship HMS Ocean was diverted from a NATO deployment in the Med to offer further assistance to the region. She sailed to Gibraltar to embark supplies, vehicles and building materials (mostly donated by the Government of Gibraltar). Four Royal Air Force (RAF) Chinook helicopters carrying aid for embarkation in Gibraltar flew from RAF Benson via fuelling stops in Spain.
RAF C17, VOYAGER and ATLAS aircraft deployed to the region carrying medical supplies rations, clean water and shelters along with specialist personnel from all three services. The aircraft landed first in Barbados which was used as a hub to distribute all aid. Further C17’s carrying Puma helicopters then landed on the US Virgin Islands- as it had the only usable runway in the effected region.
HMS Ocean arrived in the region later and over 250 hours of flying was conducted including 80 separate trips moving more than 1,000 people by air. The Royal Marines conducted almost 200 landing craft launches and recoveries, landing 600 people and stores across 17 isolated locations.
In total, HMS OCEAN delivered 8,300 man hours of engineering and logistical support enabling the recovery of critical national infrastructure alongside large scale clean-up operations across four separate island chains. She also evacuated 39 vulnerable British nationals from Dominica, one of whom was very seriously ill and received life-saving treatment on board.
By the 10th October the aid effort was winding down and HMS Ocean returned to her NATO mission in the Mediterranean. RFA Mounts Bay remained in the region ready to provide further assistance for the rest of the hurricane season.
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