• 40 Commando RM is a battalion-sized formation of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within UK Commando Force, the principal Commando formation...
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    A commando is a combatant, or operative of an elite light infantry or special operations force, specially trained for carrying out raids and operating...
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    40 Commando and 45 Commando with forming two Littoral Response Groups (LRGs) which will be permanently deployed, though other units from UK Commando Force...
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    United Kingdom Commando Force (UKCF), previously called 3 Commando Brigade (3 Cdo Bde), is the UK's special operations-capable commando formation of the...
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  • 45 Commando Royal Marines (pronounced "four-five commando") is a battalion sized unit of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within UK Commando...
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  • 42 Commando is a unit within the UK Commando Force. Based at Norton Manor, Royal Marines Condor and 42 Commando are based at Bickleigh Barracks, Plymouth...
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    Commando 2 Commando Brigade 40 (RM) Commando 43 (RM) Commando 3 Commando Brigade 42 (RM) Commando 44 (RM) Commando 4 Commando Brigade (entirely Royal Marine...
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  • Commando 21 was the name given to the reorganisation of the Royal Marines' (RM) two battalion-sized Commando units; namely 40 Commando; and 45 Commando...
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    Jack Churchill (category British Army Commandos officers)
    Brač. He organized a "motley army" of 1,500 Partisans, 43 Commando and one troop from 40 Commando for the raid. The landing was unopposed, but on seeing...
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  • week commando course on 20 January 2006 with 898 troop, winning the King's Badge for best all-round recruit, and was posted to D Company, 40 Commando. In...
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    operations task force, with all of its members receiving commando training from the Royal Marines' 40 Commando. The MSSU was a joint special forces task force...
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    May 2016 to May 2019. As a colonel he commanded 40 Commando during the Iraq War, and led the Commando in the assault on the Al-Faw Peninsula. He served...
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    (3.2 km) north west of Taunton, Somerset, in England. It is home to 40 Commando. In 2016, the government announced that Norton Manor Camp would be closed...
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    Commando Brigade, Royal Marines 40 Commando, Royal Marines 42 Commando, Royal Marines 29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery 59 Independent Commando Squadron...
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    Company, 40 Commando, died in an explosion while on patrol in Sangin in Helmand province. On 21 May, Cpl Stephen Walker, aged 42, from 40 Commando, died...
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  • 41 Commando or No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando was a unit of the Royal Marines trained as Commandos during the Second World War. They were part of the...
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    coalition forces in March 2003, Myrie was an embedded correspondent with 40 Commando Royal Marines, joining them initially on HMS Ocean and subsequently during...
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    her to become a commando carrier. She recommissioned in 1962, training with 845 and 846 helicopter squadrons as well as 40 Commando Royal Marines before...
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    Wartime Experiences -Part 4 – 40 Commando by Bill Sanderson (junior) Bill Sanderson's Wartime Experiences -Part 4 – 40 Commando by Bill Sanderson (junior)...
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    of Royal Marines in September 1999 and became commanding officer of 40 Commando in 2017. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire...
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  • This is a list of current commando units. 601 Commando Company 602 Commando Company 603 Commando Company Amphibious Commandos Group, belonging to the Marine...
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    Dragoon Guards, supporting 40 Commandos advance from al-Faw to Basra, engaged and destroyed 14 Iraqi T-55 tanks, members of 40 Commando also fought brief firefights...
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    held various staff positions in his early career, before commanding 40 Commando. As a brigadier, he held two high-level staff posts—the first at the...
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    rebellion before May 1963: 40 Commando Royal Marines 42 Commando Royal Marines Queen's Royal Irish Hussars 29th Commando Light Regiment Royal Artillery...
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  • and became operational in 1962. It was occupied by the 40 Commando Royal Marines of the 3 Commando Brigade from 1962 to 1971. After the British Armed Forces...
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    The Commandos, also known as the British Commandos, were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from Winston Churchill, for...
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  • RIFLES OP H 11: Chestnut Troop, 1 RHA, FST 2 OP H 12: Charlie Company, 40 Commando OP H 12: 4th Regiment, RA.[citation needed] Almas Sangin District 1 Nov...
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    colonel at the start of 1975. He was appointed commanding officer of 40 Commando in 1975, and commanded it for two and a half years. He was promoted to...
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  • Marine) Commando was renumbered 40 Commando when the 2nd Commando Brigade and its commando units including the then No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando were disbanded...
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    Musgrove Park Hospital, Somerset County Cricket Club, is the base of 40 Commando, Royal Marines, and is home to the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office...
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