Royal Marines

A new head of the Royal Marines has been appointed during a ceremony in Devon. Lieutenant General Rob Magowan passed the role to Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, General Gwyn Jenkins, at the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone. It brings to an end Lt Gen Magowan’s second stint at the helm after 18 months, handing the keys of Corps over to Gen Jenkins, as the most senior … [Read more...] about New head of the Royal Marines appointed

Royal Marines leapt ten feet from Chinook helicopters into the Bristol Channel as they tested some of their most daring Commando skills. The Marines from Taunton-based 40 Commando were picked up by Royal Air Force helicopters on the dunes of Braunton Burrows in North Devon to practise what is known as ‘helicasting’. It’s a technique which gets Commandos into the action … [Read more...] about Commandos take plunge in daring leap from helicopters off Devon coast

Against the backdrop of snow-covered mountains of a Norwegian fjord an elite team of commandos launch a raid in a small boat from a Royal Navy submarine. UK forces used the largest winter exercise hosted in Norway in 30 years to demonstrate the unique combined capabilities of the Royal Marines and Submarine Service. In Lyngenfjord, three dozen miles east of Tromso deep … [Read more...] about Commandos launch stealth raid from Royal Navy sub as Arctic training intensifies

Pioneering technology, training and treatment is helping to eliminate the risk of potentially fatal heat illness as recruits strive to become Royal Marines Commandos. State-of-the-art body monitors recording trainee commandos’ physiological data, trained instructors studying that information, and medical teams on hand to treat trainees almost immediately could all-but … [Read more...] about Royal Marines Pioneer Technology and Treatment to Tackle Heat Illness

Royal Marines have put the seal on desert exercises with an intensive five-day battle in California alongside allies across one of the largest military training areas in the world. Commandos have spent the last two months in the Mojave Desert preparing for deployments next year as part of the newly-formed Littoral Response Group (South), which is one of two new Royal Navy … [Read more...] about Royal Marines complete Mojave Desert exercises with fiery five-day battle

Drones dived, sailed and flew together in a swarm in a first for the UK’s armed forces during experimental exercises with the Royal Marines. An array of autonomous systems operated underwater, on the water, in the sky and over land to help Royal Marines Commandos as they carried out training raids on a number of complex ‘adversary’ positions – such as missile and radar … [Read more...] about Drone swarms support Commando Forces trials in a first for the UK’s armed forces