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The Royal Marines' 3 Commando Brigade is the Royal Navy's amphibious infantry on permanent readiness to deploy across the globe, and is a core component of the UK's Joint Rapid Reaction Force. 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 2012
40 Commando are training for their next deployment.
Operation Herrick – operations to prevent Afghanistan from again becoming a safe haven for terrorists, and to build security and stable government.
MORE INFOOperation Herrick – operations to prevent Afghanistan from again becoming a safe haven for terrorists, and to build security and stable government.
MORE INFOOperation Herrick – operations to prevent Afghanistan from again becoming a safe haven for terrorists, and to build security and stable government.
MORE INFO4ASRM, the Royal Marine Assault Squadron with HMS Bulwark, are training and honing their amphibious skills.
MORE INFORoyal Marine Commandos are running boarding operations searching suspect vessels worldwide.
NLAW is one of the world's most advanced infantry rocket systems. It has a maximum range of 1Km and uses predicted line... Read more
The machine gun can be used either as a lightmachine gun fired from a bipod or fired from a tripod and used... Read more
The L96 Sniper Rifle enables the royal Marines to target specific enemny targets at ranges of over 1Km.
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The Under-slung Grenade launcher variant of the SA80 A2 adds further flexibilty to the Sa80 rifle system and enables Royal Marines to... Read more
The SA 80 A2 is the standard Royal marine weapon, and is capable of firing single rounds or bursts. It enables Marines to... Read more
The Pistol is a close combat weapon. It weighs 1Kg and when a round is fired, the recoil is used to reload... Read more
The L110A2 5.56mm Light machine Gun (LMG)is a fully automatic, belt or magazine fed, gas operated weapon, capable of a sustained high... Read more
The Command dagger is a both a close combat weapon and a symbol of the Royal Marines. Whilst it is rarely used... Read more
Grenades are used by Royal Marines to augment their individual firepower in close combat scenarios.
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The 81mm Mortar is an indirect fire weapon which is operated by two men and has a range of 5,650 metres. The... Read more
Javelin is a guided, man portable medium range anti-tank weapon. It is capable of defeating armoured vehicles - including tanks - and... Read more
HMS Illustrious sails from Portsmouth today for two months of training culminating in large-scale Arctic war games. The helicopter carrier is working with Apache gunships and Sea Kings in the North Sea before moving on to the Norwegian fjords for NATO’s Exercise Cold Response.
Read Full StoryImagine a wife and her babies crying into their cornflake bowls because daddy is going off to war. Imagine a father meeting a face he knows from Saturday morning rugby and realising that they both have sons in Afghanistan. Now he has someone to talk to...
Fourteen suspected pirates captured by a Royal Navy task force will face justice in the Seychelles. The suspects, arrested earlier this month by RFA Fort Victoria on a hijacked dhow, were handed over to local authorities when the supply ship visited the islands at the weekend.
Read Full StoryA dhow freed by Royal Marines from the clutch of Somali pirates has been returned to its owners less than a week after being liberated. The boat had been in the hands of modern-day buccaneers for nearly eight months, but was re-taken by commandos aboard RFA Fort Victoria at it attempted a sortie into the Gulf of Aden.
Read Full StoryA ‘hijacked’ Thames ferry was boarded by heavily-armed Royal Marines during a major Olympic security demonstration in the capital. Nearly 150 Royal Marines, Fleet Air Arm aircrew and Met Police officers took part in the exercise as a week’s training on the river – a dry run for the massive security operation surrounding this summer’s Games.
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