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Follow the story3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines is the Royal Navy's amphibious infantry on permanent readiness to deploy across the globe, and is a core component of the UK's Response Force Task Group. Together the Royal Navy's amphibious ships and the Brigade represent a highly mobile, self-sustained and versatile organisation, with a strategic power projection capability that is unique among the British armed services. The Royal Marines are the cold weather experts of the Services.
We are not looking for supermen, but we are looking for recruits that have the qualities to make a Royal Marine Commando. Those qualities include a good level of fitness and the Commando State of Mind to overcome adversity, whatever it may be.
January 2013
40 Commando are serving in Afghanistan
MORE INFOCougar 2012 – the Navy's big deployment to the Mediterranean has now finished and units are home.
MORE INFOExercise Cougar 2012 – the Royal Navy's big amphibious deployment to the Mediterranean has now finished and units are home.
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Royal Marines raiding craft swarmed across Plymouth Sound as they completed their move to new £30m state-of-the-art facilities in the Naval Base. Ten Offshore Raiding Craft from 539 Assault Squadron Royal Marines were the last part of the unit to leave their old home at Turnchapel and relocate to the new Royal Marines Tamar complex at the northern end of Devonport Naval Base.
Read Full StoryOn Tuesday 14 May 13 Helen Skelton completed the Royal Marines Endurance Course on Woodbury Common near Exmouth. The Endurance Course is where recruits from Commando Training Centre Royal Marines do their first Commando Test at the end of training.
Read Full StoryA heroes’ welcome was given to the Royal Marines of 40 Commando when thousands of people packed the streets of Taunton to welcome them home from duty in Afghanistan. The unit was also presented with campaign medals by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.
Read Full StoryThe Navy’s landing craft community paused in the waters off Plymouth to remember one of their own killed a decade ago in Iraq.Royal Marines and sailors from across the amphibious forces gathered on a landing craft to remember all 11 commandos lost on Operation Telic, in particular Mne Chris Maddison, fatally wounded when his craft was hit in March 2003.
Read Full StoryA volley of gun blasts from Nottingham Castle will ensure that Armed Forces Day 2013 begins with a bang in what promises to be the most exciting programme of spectacles to show support for our Armed Forces.
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