Bomb Hunters: In Afghanistan With Britain's Elite Bomb Disposal Unit (17 page)
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Authors: Sean Rayment
Tags: #Europe, #Afghan War (2001-), #General, #Weapons, #Great Britain, #Military, #History
Staff Sergeant Karl ‘Badger’ Ley at the end of his six month tour in which he defused 139 bombs. He later won the George Medal.
Corporal Kelly O’Connor, No.2 operator with Brimstone 31, carrying a Dragon Runner.
Corporal Kevin Boon, No.2 operator in Brimstone 32, prepares to carry out a controlled explosion.
Armoured Ridgeback used by Lieutenant Colonel Roly Walker, commanding officer of the Grenadier Guards, which was blown up by an IED in February 2010. No one inside was injured.
A bomb hunter attached to the Grenadier Guards battle group confirming the location of an IED.
A soldier marks a cleared safe lane with yellow spray paint during operation Moshtarak.
Soldiers from A Company, 4 Rifles in Sangin march in single file along a route being cleared by a Vallon operator.
Company Sergeant Major Pat Hyde (standing) of A Company, 4 Rifles with his team. They were blown up at least twelve times in five months in Sangin.
Staff Sergeant Gareth Wood prepares his equipment before defusing an IED, with Lance Corporal Joe Rossiter acting as his bodyguard in the foreground, before returning all smiles after the IED is neutralized in a controlled explosion.
