A D Coy, 5 SCOTS soldier provides covering fire for an assault on an insurgent position

The insurgents are fought back under a weight of British fire

Zuwaytinah, Libya - Rebel fighter at a checkpoint
Tuesday. Airstrikes by Western warplanes have forced the goverment troops back and bolstered rebels. (March 22, 2011. Posted By: Bryan Chan, latimes.)

Saudi special forces members of an anti-terror unit display their skills on March 22, 2011 in the Dorma region, 100 kms west of the capital of Riyadh.

A Saudi special forces soldier dressed in camouflage takes part in a skill demonstration before a graduation ceremony near Riyadh March 22, 2011.

A paratrooper from Chorley has raised more than twelve hundred pounds for charity after running a marathon with a difference around his base in Helmand Province.

Lance Corporal Robert Fisher (39) – who is serving with The 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment in Shahzad – ran around the base twenty-six times in his body armour while carrying a General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG).