The Last British Troops Leave Camp Bastion

UK Armed Forces have left the Bastion-Leatherneck complex, the final camp in Helmand Province, for the last time, handing the base over to 215 Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA).

British troops and United States Marine Corps (USMC) personnel who had been serving under the International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF) Regional Command (Southwest) (RC (SW)) redeployed to Kandahar after formally marking the end of combat operations at a ceremony yesterday.

Helicopters and aircraft from the UK and US moved personnel to Kandahar Airfield in preparation for their return home.

Camp Bastion, built in early 2006, was the hub of British and coalition forces operations in Helmand Province. At the height of the UK operation it was the centre of a network of 137 bases in the Province, all of which have now been handed over to the ANSF or remediated.