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Checking Out Of Little Heathrow: Striking Images Capture British Troops' Last Days Of Service In Afghanistan's Camp Bastion -- Daily Mail
* Soldiers have been serving in Afghanistan since 2001 following a US-led attack on country after 9/11
* More than 400 British servicemen and woman from the army, RAF and Marines have died while there
* Final preparations are being made for the troops to come home after more than a decade on the front line
More than a decade after being sent to the war zone, the last British troops serving in Afghanistan are finally preparing to come home.
Thirteen years after arriving in Helmand Province, the remaining servicemen and women have begun packing up military equipment ahead of their long-awaited return.
In thanks for their service, a collection of stunning images documenting their final days at Camp Bastion has been shared across the UK.
Among the images taken by acclaimed photographer Robert Wilson are portraits of the soldiers and landscapes of their living quarters.
Rounds of artillery and weapon storage units are also depicted in the collection which offers astonishing insight into the realities of being at war.
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My Comment: An incredible collection of photographs. Check it out.
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