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The Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) extract a member of the Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) following an IED strike . The policeman was injured whilst soldiers from A Company of 1 Rifles based in Patrol Base 4 took part in a joint heli assault with the Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) in Helmand on August 15, 2011. Although the AUP lost a man to the IED they carried on with the patrol. During the final phases The Rifles and the AUP came under heavy contact. Both soldiers and the police stood their ground and managed to fight through the attack to recover to a nearby patrol base. During the operation the police seized a quantity of HME from a compound and a sharp shooter from the Rifles eliminated an insurgent involved in the contact. (Photo by Sergeant Alison Baskerville)
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