Royal Marines Reserve

Maritime Reserves

Royal Marines Reserve

The Royal Marines Reserve (RMR) act in support of UK’s Amphibious Forces. All the volunteers within the RMR have passed through the same rigorous Commando Course as their regular Royal Marines counterparts and may be civilians with no previous military experience have transferred from the Territorial Army or be former Royal Marines.

The volunteers who make up the RMR are from varied backgrounds and are drawn from all walks of civilian or former military life.

The RMR consists of approximately 600 trained ranks, who are distributed between the five RMR Centres across the UK. These are based in London, Bristol, Mersey, Tyne and Glasgow, with numerous outlying detachments. Approximately 10% of the RMR are working with the regular Royal Marines on long term attachments in many of the Royal Marines regular units.

Commando Training

RMR Basic Training and the Commando Course are not for the fainthearted. They require real commitment and determination and put great demands on recruits’ spare time and dedication. Over a period of 8 to 10 months, recruits are required to attend training at their RMR Unit one evening a week and usually two weekends a month. In addition they must work on their physical fitness in their own time. To undergo and complete RMR Basic Training a recruit must remain self-motivated and dedicated, while balancing his RMR work with family life and civilian employment.

However, all that is good requires effort and it is the challenge of undergoing one of the toughest courses any Reservist can attempt that spurs many on to join and, with the support of fellow recruits, colleagues, family and employers, to succeed. Winning the right to wear the coveted green beret as many before have done is a significant achievement and marks out the Royal Marines Reservist as a highly trained, committed and mentally tough soldier.

04 June

HMS King Alfred Recruiting Evening

HMS King Alfred, Fraser Building, Whale Island, Portsmouth, PO2 8ER 4 June 2013

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UNITS IN TIME

Royal Marines Reserve HISTORY

TRACK THE HISTORY OF SHIPS NAMED Royal Marines Reserve

Royal Marines Force Volunteer Reserve formed in Glasgow and London
Liverpool and Bristol formed. London take part in Lord Mayors Show and have done every year since
Portsmouth Detachment formed (1st Detachment). CGRM visits Glasgow
Ex Red Dagger, UK. Ex Red Dragon, Germany. Ex Thunderflash, Germany. Greenock Detachment Formed.
First ever all RMR Amphibious Exercise, UK
RMR Tyne Formed. St Ives Detachment formed
Ex "1984", UK - largest Ex since WWII
Dundee Detachment formed. First ever RMFVR Honour Guard for Her Majesty The Queen
Poole, Birmingham, Lympstone and Manchester formed
Edinburgh Detachment formed
Joint Ex with Belgium Para-Commando, Belgium. Greenock and Birmingham closed
Nato Ex, Norway (Non-Arctic)
Lieutenant M F Lowe RMFVR served with 42 Cdo on Operations in Borneo (First Reservist to serve on Operations)
Ex Top Traveller, Northern Germany
Operation, Malaysia. Ex Crowning Glory, Aden. Name changed from Royal Marines Force Volunteer Reserve (RMFVR) to Royal Marines Reserve (RMR)
Edinburgh Detachment and St Ives Detachment closed
Ex Bersatu Padu, Malaysia. Ranks attached to 41 Cdo in Northern Ireland. Greenock Detachment re-formed
RMR Officer worked with the Japanese Maritime Defence Force in Japan for a Month
25th Anniversary of the RMR. Defence Troop formed for 3 Cdo Bde HQ on 2 x Exercises
Ex Dawn Patrol & Ex Blue Fly, Mediterranean. RMR units affiliated to regular units in order to bring them up to war establishment
RMR ranks allowed to be attached to RM units for a 12 month period to go on Operations
RMR to be Arctic Warfare Trained to support 3 Cdo Brigade's role of guarding NATO's Northern flank in Norway. Ex Clockwork Mainspring, Norway
Ex Great Western, Cyprus
Ex Quick Flip, Belgium
Ex Highland Fling, Kinlochleven, UK. T Coy formed as a reserve company for 3 Cdo Bde
Ex Bold Gannet, Denmark with 45 Cdo. 300 Troop, 131 Cdo Engineers, Grangemouth, re-badged RMR Grangemouth
Ex Brave Defender, UK Home Defence. Ex Rolling Deep, Cape Wrath, UK
Ex Boldguard, Denmark with 42 Cdo
Ex Hairspring, Norway. Ex Solar Flare, USA with 1st Bn 23rd United States Marine Corps
Ex Hairspring, Norway. Ex Capes Key, Gibraltar. Ex Cockburns Reserve, Holland
Ex Hairspring, Norway. Ex Fiery Cross, Belize. Henley Detachment Formed
Ex Cold Winter, Norway supporting 3 Cdo Bde (T Company's first Exercise in support of 3 Cdo Bde)
Cross training with US National Guard, Nevada, USA. RMR Units carry out mountain training in Switzerland
T Company takes part in a Combined Arms Exercise with United States Marine Corps, Mojave Desert, California
Ex Vanguard Endeavour jointly with the French Marines, Vannes, France. Ex Valiant Brave (T Company), UK
Ex Purple Star, jointly with United States Marine Corps, US East Coast. Edinburgh Detachment formed by moving Grangemouth Detachment into Edinburgh City Centre
RMR Officers take part in Ex Setai Kawan, Brunei
RMR Fiftieth Anniversary. Officers Ceremonial Dinner with Prince Phillip within the Officers Mess of the Honourable Artillery Company
Ex Gareloch Spring, UK
Inverness Detachment formed. Winter Warfare Training, Sierra Nevada
Ex Saif Sareea, Gulf of Oman. Ex Snow Lynx, Sierra Nevada
Op Telic, Iraq - First Mobilisation for RMR. Ex Phantom Raider, UK
Ex Spice Trail, Brunei
Aberdeen Detachment formed. Ex Hairspring, Norway. Marine Al Hinkes (RMR Tyne) becomes first Briton to climb all 14 of the world's peaks that are over 8,000m
Leeds Detachment formed. Op Telic VII, RMR form Force Protection Troop to guard Um Quasar Naval Base. Ex Green Wader, Sierra Leone. Ex Hairspring, Norway
Ex Hairspring, Norway