Royal Marines

Royal Marines from across the country pitted themselves against each other and the unforgiving terrain of Dartmoor in the Brigade Regimental Sergeant Major Challenge. The Brigade Regimental Sergeant Major – WO1 RSM Stephan Moran set the inaugural tough physical and mental competition involving all 3 Commando Brigade units entering teams of 12 marines undertaking a 45k patrol … [Read more...] about Brigade Regimental Sergeant Major Challenge

Royal Marines from Plymouth reached the last stage of their Cornish speed march (Monday) to mark the 350th anniversary of their formation. They included crossing the River Fal by speed boat to Falmouth where they paid tribute to those lost in conflict at the St Nazaire memorial. The Royal Marines Commandos from across the UK have sailed, cycled, canoed and skied  and ran … [Read more...] about Royal Marines 1664 run reaches Falmouth

Royal Marines abseiled from the roof of the Eden Project’s rainforest biome on Saturday (7th June) as part of their 350th birthday 1664 Challenge. In 2014 the Corps of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines are celebrating their 350th anniversary.  To commemorate this date, Royal Marines Commandos will ski, sail, cycle, canoe and run 6656km, in four 1664km legs over a route covering … [Read more...] about Royal Marines abseil into Eden Project’s rainforest

Plymouth-based Royal Marines are due to speed march 64 miles through Cornwall from Plymouth next month as part of their celebrations of the 350th anniversary of the Corp’s formation. They are calling on villages and towns along the route to come out onto the streets and support them and donate to the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund (RMCTF) along the way. More than 300 … [Read more...] about Royal Marines birthday speed march – Plymouth to Falmouth

Royal Marines entertained a crowd of spectators on Plymouth Hoe today (Thursday) as they flew by helicopter and landed by fast boat to mark their 350th anniversary. The Marines were applauded and cheered as they completed a three-day leg of their cross-country speed-march from Commando Training Centre at Lympstone, near Exmouth in Devon, to Plymouth. Along the 58-mile route … [Read more...] about Royal Marines land on Plymouth Hoe by sea and air

Plymouth-based Royal Marines are due to speed march 64 miles through Cornwall from Plymouth next month as part of their celebrations of the 350th anniversary of the Corp’s formation. They are calling on villages and towns along the route to come out onto the streets and support them and donate to the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund (RMCTF) along the way. More than 300 … [Read more...] about Royal Marines 1666 Speed March

Royal Marines of Plymouth-based 3 Commando Brigade and Taunton’s 40 Commando attacked a ‘rebel’ stronghold as two weeks of exercises in Scotland began with a bang. More than 30 warships, including a dozen British, and 13,000 personnel from all over the world are taking part in the latest Joint Warrior, the largest military exercise of the year in north-west Europe. Col Kevin … [Read more...] about Royal Marines begin Exercise Joint Warrior

A team of skiers have successfully completed the first leg of a gruelling challenge that marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Marines formation. The Royal Marines have skied 1,664 kms from Porsangermoen, in Northern Norway, down to the southern port city of Stavanger. They completed the distance in just under two months with conditions ranging from blizzards to bright … [Read more...] about Royal Marines complete first leg of anniversary challenge

A limited edition series of stamp sheets have been produced to celebrate 350 years of the Royal Marines. Now available from the Royal Mail is a commemorative sheet of ten stamps charting key moments and actions involving the Corps since it was formed in the 17th century. The sheet, entitled ‘By sea, by land’, has been endorsed by the Duke of Edinburgh as Captain General of … [Read more...] about Limited edition stamps to mark Royal Marines’ 350th birthday

The Royal Marines have been flexing their collective muscle on exercise in Cornwall. SA80 rifles in hand, the men of Bravo Company, 40 Commando, swarm ashore from Offshore Raiding Craft at picture-postcard Cawsand Beach - just some of the roughly 700 Royal Marines involved in Exercise South-West Sword, a week-long workout for the green berets and the nation’s flagship, HMS … [Read more...] about Royal Marines exercise in Cornwall