
A handout photograph released by the British Ministry of Defence on 17 February 2012 shows a French sniper from the 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiement celebrating the top 'hit score' at Exercise Boars Head the Anglo / French joint training exercise at Otterburn Training Area, Northumberland, Britain, 16 February 2012. Exercise Boars Head is a company level live firing exercise which is taking place at Otterburn Training Area involving a British Army infantry company from 5 SCOTS, a unit of 16 Air Assault Brigade; and a company from 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment a unit of the French 11th Parachute Brigade. The exercise is part of the continuing relationship between French and British Army units following the signing of the Defence and Security Co-operation Treaty by Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in November 2010. EPA/MARK OWENS/MOD