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Bristol, England
Joined October 2021
Military parade at Bickleigh Barracks where 42 Commando was inspected by Major-General Jeremy Moore the day they left for the Falklands in 1982.
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X-Ray Company, 45 Commando Royal Marines supported by Vikings of Armoured Support Group (ASG) on the final troop attack in the Arctic during Winter Deployment 21.
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New blog post up. Boots on Spanish Soil: The Royal Marines' Daring Exploits in the Carlist Wars https://t.co/q2sWEO9Sdt
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Delta Company of 40 Commando, Royal Marines aboard a Chinook helicopter of 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Pictured during the early stages of Operation Telic in Iraq, the Chinook was returning the Marines to HMS Ark Royal on station in the Arabian Gulf. Credit: POA(PHOT) Nathan
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I always enjoyed a speed march, they didn't trouble me too much thank God. ( let's not talk Tarzan though ๐คฎ). Well done gents. One step closer.
Royal Marines recruits setting off this morning on the second of 4 Commando Tests - the 9 Mile Speed March. Once passed they will be on their way to earning the coveted green beret. Hoofing! ๐ซก
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19 years ago today we lost Marine Richard Watson. Richard, of 42 Commando Royal Marines was killed in action by small arms fire in Now Zad, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 12th December 2006 aged 23. Gone but not forgotten Royal, see you at the reorg.
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Members of Battle Group North paying their respect to fallen comrades - Sgt Manuel, Cpl Birch, LCpl Fellows and Mne Davies. Gone but not forgotten lads.
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MSG fire the Heavy Machine Gun on the Porsangmoen range.
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Lt Col Matt Holmes hands over command of 42 Cdo RM to Lt Col Charlie Stickland in 2008. RIP Sir ๐
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Quads and troops wait to embark in the dust kicked up by the CH47 during their extraction back to Kandahar Airfield (KAF). 42 Commando Royal Marines Group RGB(S) (Regional Battle Group South) conducted their first Operation of Herrick 9.
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Mne Mike 'Terry' Waite and Mne Dave Robertson of Delta Coy, 40 Commando on the outskirts of Sangin, 2008.
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A foot patrol of Royal Marines from Delta Company, 40 Commando passes near Kajaki, Afghanistan.
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82 Years Ago Tonight: The Royal Marines Invented Extreme Kayak Warfare Operation Frankton, 7 December 1942 โ The Night Twelve Absolute Maniacs Declared Warโฆ With Folding Canoes. Picture the scene: Nazi-occupied France, winter, pitch black, freezing tidal river that smells like
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A member of 40 Commando starting a fire whilst jungle training in Belize.
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The Royal Marine boarding team attached to CTF 158 in the North Arabian Gulf train with ships company of HMS CORNWALL in boarding techniques by using USS TYPHOON as a training platform in June 2007.
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Delta Company of 40 Commando, Royal Marines embark their quad bikes aboard a Chinook helicopter of 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force in the early stages of Operation Telic in Iraq. The Chinook returned the Marines to HMS Ark Royal on station in the Arabian Gulf.
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