A marine serving in Afghanistan used his spare time to ensure a fund-raising calendar got to print.
For the last three years, marines at 40 Commando have stripped off for the calendar to raise vital funds for their families.
But this year, a tour to Afghanistan had put this in doubt as the full deployment training they needed meant they had little spare time.
Undeterred, the marines took it upon themselves to make the calendar without professional help at their Taunton base before they left.
The calendar's tight deadline meant the unit's photographer, Rhys O'Leary, used his free time to edit and send the photographs back from their base in Afghanistan so it would be ready in time for Christmas.
Girls, go tell the marines
Girls, go tell the marines
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”