British Troops Use Desert Bases To Suppress Taliban Insurgents

HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN - MAY 13: British Soldiers from the 5th Regiment of the Royal Artillery are deployed from Chinook helicopters at the Dwyir Forward Operation Base (FOB), May 13, 2007 in the desert, Garmsir District, Southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The 5th Regiment of the Royal Artillery has been deployed to add combat power to the Granadiers Guards at the Delhi Patrol Base (PB). British troops are in the front line of the effort to suppress the efforts of Taliban insurgents to regain control of southern Afghanistan, with the threat of a reinvigorated spring offensive from the militants looming large on the horizon. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)