Army Photographic Competition 2013

Private Craig Leaman From 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment clears part of a trench system during a dawn attack while on Exercise Askari Thunder 6 in Kenya. Pro Portrait Winner Photograph: Cpl Wes Calder RLC

'Goodbye Kiss': Thomas, a 22-year-old gelding, and one of the oldest horses in the Household Cavalry, is famous for giving kisses to the men of the Life Guard Squadron in his stables at Hyde Park Barracks. Thomas is about to retire after 19 years of service Photograph: Sergeant Adrian Harlen

As the sun sets, sappers from 21 Engineer Regiment dismantle a Hesco Bastion building in Patrol Base Nahidullah, Afghanistan Photograph: Cpl Jamie Peters RLC

'Celtic Warrior' by Cpl Jamie Peters RLC, which won the Pro Portfolio section of the Army Photographic Competition 2013. The picture is of Private Ross Cunningham from 1SCOTS cleaning his personal weapon at Forward Operating Base Shawqat after a patrol to an Afghan National Army checkpoint Photograph: Cpl Jamie Peters RLC

Cpl Carl Hines, Royal Artillery, provides covering fire while members of the Brigade Reconnaissance Force cross open ground in Helmand province. Runner up in the Professional Portrait category Photograph: Sgt Rupert Frere RLC

Runner up in the portfolio category was the London District photographer Sgt Adrian Harlen. Guardsman Jatenderpal Singh Bhullar, 25, from West Bromwich, has just joined F Company Scots Guards, an incremental company of soldiers responsible for delivering ceremonial duties in London. A practising Sikh, he has elected to eschew the traditional bearskin cap worn by the Guards for ceremonial duties, and will instead perform Queen's Guard wearing his Sikh turban. Photograph: Sergeant Adrian Harlen

The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment are usually housed at Knightsbridge Barracks but have temporarily moved 120 horses and 160 men to West Tofts camp near Thetford, Norfolk for their Regimental Training camp. The North Norfolk coast provides the open space which enables a wide range of training and instruction that would be impossible in a city environment Photograph: Sergeant Adrian Harlen

Steam rises from Pegasus Company candidates on a freezing morning after completion of the Log Race, part of the rigorous training and selection process to be eligible to become a Parachute Regiment soldier. The team carry a 60 kg log over 3.1 km racing against other teams. Runner up in the amateur portfolio - LCpl Ian Chapman from East Yorkshire Photograph: LCpl Ian Chapman

'Hot under the collar' by Cpl Jamie Peters RLC. A military working dog attached to the Welsh Gaurds takes a rest from the heat under an umbrella during an operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan Photograph: Cpl Jamie Peters RLC

The top prize this year goes to Corporal Jamie Peters, RLC, for his portfolio of images from six months in Afghanistan. Soldiers from 1SCOTS bonding with their Afghan brothers at one of the checkpoints they visit regularly. The Jocks as they are affectionately known are there to mentor and advise the Afghan National Army (ANA) in conducting operations within Helmand Province Photograph: Cpl Jamie Peters RLC