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40 Commando on Ex Northern Wind
40 Commando on Ex Northern Wind
Royal Marines in Arctic Training with NATO Partners
Three months of intensive training for Britain’s winter warfare specialists reached its climax as Royal Marines ‘fought’ Swedes and Finns in the Arctic snow.
Some 350 Royal Marines from 40 Commando in Taunton joined Norwegian troops and US Marines in a week-long mock battle trying to invade Swedish territory – with the hosts and Finnish troops…
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Home of 40 Commando Saved from Closure
Home of 40 Commando Saved from Closure
MOD Reveals Five Military Bases Will No Longer Be Shut Down
Norton Manor Camp (RM Norton Manor) – the home of 40 Commando, Royal Marines – will no longer be closed as part of the MOD’s Defence Estate Optimisation Programme. Four other military facilities in the UK will also be saved.
In 2016, the Government announced that Norton Manor would close by 2028, but in a statement to Parliament Defence…
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Joint Warrior 18: 40 Commando Beach Assault (#JointWarrior)
Joint Warrior 18: 40 Commando Beach Assault (#JointWarrior)
Royal Marine Commandos Demonstrate Skills on Exercise Joint Warrior
Royal Marine Commandos are being put through their paces on Exercise Joint Warrior 18. Photographs just released by the MOD show the Commandos raiding beaches and conducting company attacks as part of the multinational exercise.
40 Commando is a battalion-sized Royal Marines unit within 3 Commando Brigade, based near Taunton in…
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Commando Engineers on Joint Warrior 18
Commando Engineers on Joint Warrior 18
59 Commando Squadron on Multinational Exercise in Scotland
Soldiers from the British Army’s 59 Commando Squadron are supporting 40 Commando during Exercise Joint Warrior 2018. 24 Commando Engineer Regiment’s 59 Commando Squadron is part of the Lead Commando Group, held at Very High Readiness to provide close combat engineering support to 40 Commando, the Royal Marines (3 Commando Brigade).
Based…
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13 Navies Taking Part in Joint Warrior 18
13 Navies Taking Part in Joint Warrior 18
39 Naval Units Involved in Multinational Exercise
Joint Warrior 18 will see 39 naval units from 13 nations taking part. The naval element is dictated from HMNB Clyde, where ships such as the American Arleigh Burke destroyer USS Ross and RFA Tidespring gathered ahead of Joint Warrior’s start.
Many of the naval units will be using maritime exercise areas off the western and northern coasts of…
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Ex Toxic Dagger Prepared Royal Marines for Op MORLOP
Ex Toxic Dagger Prepared Royal Marines for Op MORLOP
40 Commando Trained to Deal with Skripal Poisoning
40 Commando Royal Marines and The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have staged the UK’s biggest annual exercise to prepare troops for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) operations. Exercise TOXIC DAGGER is supported by Dstl, along with Public Health England (PHE) and The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), and…
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New Role for 42 Commando
New Role for 42 Commando
42 Commando now operates as a specialised Maritime Operations unit.
Consequently, the organisation of 42 Commando is now different to that of 40 and 45 Commandos.
Although the naming of the companies remains unchanged (J Company, K Company, L Company, M Company, including Command and Logistics Elements), 42 Commando is now focussed on small team activity, meaning a traditional…
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