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Who said the Royal Marines don’t have the Christmas spirit? They’d fit right in at my local mall. (Hat tip: The Telegraph) Photo: Ministry of Defence
CHRISTMAS ON THE FRONT LINE. A UNIT OF ROYAL MARINE COMMANDOS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AT THE INKERMAN FORWARD OPERATING BASE(FOB) IN THE UPPER SANGIN VALLEY (HELMAND) ON CHRISTMAS DAY DECEMBER 2007...A CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE IS INTERRUPTED BY INCOMING FIRE FROM THE TALIBAN. ..A MORTAR TEAM RUSHES INTO ACTION (WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TIME TO TAKE OFF THEIR SANTA HATS) IN A BID TO REPEL THE INSURGENTS BEFORE RETURNING TO THE CAROL SERVICE SOME TIME LATER...THE TROOPS ARE ALSO SEEN PREPARING CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THE BASE WHILE SURROUNDED BY IMPROVISED CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS...THE EXCLUSIVE PICTURES - WHICH GIVE A UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO LIFE ON THE FRONT LINE - WERE TAKEN BY CAPTAIN EUAN GOODMAN OF THE RIFLES REGIMENT WHO WAS VISITING THE BASE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE FIGHT...CAPT GOODMAN HAS TAKEN MORE THAN 15,000(FIFTEEN THOUSAND) IMAGES DURING HIS THREE TOURS OF AFGHANISTAN...PRIOR TO VISITING THE INKERMAN FOB CAPT GOODMAN RISKED HIS LIFE TO DROP IN ON A NEARBY GURKHA FOB TO DELIVER A GOAT WHICH THEY USED TO MAKE A CURRY ON CHRISTMAS DAY...17.12.2008....**MANDATORY CREDIT LONDON MEDIA**.. London Media Press Ltd..11a Printing House Yard..London E2 7PR..0207 613 2548.... *** Local Caption *** ALL MATERIAL MUST BE CREDITED "CAPTAIN EUAN GOODMAN/LONDON MEDIA". 100% SURCHARGE IF NOT CREDITED *** Local Caption *** ALL MATERIAL MUST BE CREDITED "CAPTAIN EUAN GOODMAN/LONDON MEDIA". 100% SURCHARGE IF NOT CREDITED
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Who said the Royal Marines don't have the Christmas spirit? They'd fit right in at my local mall.
Who said the Royal Marines don’t have the Christmas spirit? They’d fit right in at my local mall.
(Hat tip: The Telegraph)
Photo: Ministry of Defence
Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1
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