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l GR7 Harriers operate from HMS Illustrious during Exercise Aquila06 in the Arabian Sea during April Picture: LA(Phot) Mike Handy
l Above: Drummers from the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines Band perform at a Seafarers UK Concert l Right: The Lynx helicopters of the Black Cats display team perform at RNAS Yeovilton in May, as seen by LA(Phot) Paul A’Barrow l Below: Sailors from HMS Northumberland take the opportunity to cool off while the ship was heading to the United States in May
l Above: Royal Marines sweep ashore in a raiding craft during Exercise Vela off Africa in October Picture: LA(Phot) Stubbsy Stubbens l Right: WO(Phot) Ian Arthur photographed ships of NATO allies berthed on the Clyde in October before the large-scale Exercise Neptune Warrior off the coast of Scotland
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l Left: The shadow of HMS Lancaster’s Merlin, pictured in April l Right: LA (Phot) Ray Jones catches Sea Kings from HMS Ocean creating their own version of Bonfire Night off the coast of Africa during Exercise Vela. The aircraft were practising firing decoy flares l Below: Sea Kings from 845 and 846 NAS leave Yeovilton for the Lebanon in July Picture: LA(Phot) Gaz Armes l An officer concentrates on the bridge wing of HMS Liverpool as the Type 42 destroyer comes alongside at East Cove, Mare Harbour in the Falklands in March Picture: LA(Phot) Gregg Macready
l Left: The ships of the Hydrographic Surveying Squadron pictured by LA(Phot) Dave Husbands in June off Devon l Front: Royal Marines from 45 Commando’s Whiskey Company Group on an operation to protect the town of Gereshk in Afghanistan from the Taliban
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l Nuclear hunter-killer HMS Spartan sailed from Faslane for the last time in January when the veteran S-boat was decommissioned Picture: LA(Phot) Brian Douglas (FRPU(N))
l CPO Colin Reynolds flies the flag for the Royal Navy in the Royal Australian Navy Alpine championships in August – CPO Reynolds was on Exercise Long Picture: PO Jon Boast (RAN) Look
l HMS Montrose on patrol in the Northern Gulf over New Year in 2006 Picture: LA(Phot) Owen King
l HMS Exeter in Norwegian waters in March, as seen by LA(Phot) Ray Jones on board HMS Ocean; both ships were involved in Exercise Cold Response 2006 l A dazzling light show was part of the launch party for HMS Clyde in Portsmouth in August Picture: LA(Phot) Kas Williams (FRPU(E))
l Two more departures from the Clyde: PO(Phot) Tam McDonald captures Trident submarine HMS Vanguard heading for trials in March while LA(Phot) JJ Massey was there to record HMS Brocklesby’s permanent departure for her new home port of Portsmouth in July (above)