Oct 2019 RM Flashcards
Who is the Commandant General of the Royal Marines
Major General Matt Holmes CBE DSO
Who did Major General Matt Holmes CBE DSO replace?
Major General Charles Strickland CB OBE
What makes up Assault Group
1 Assault Group and 47 commando rais
What makes up the 3 Commando Brigade
- 40 Commando
- 42 Commando
- 43 Commando
- 45 Commando
- 47 Commando (Raiding group)
- 30 IX Group
- Commando Logistic Reg
- Commando Engineers
- 29 Cdo Royal Artillery
Size of 3 Cdo Brigade
8 Battalions
What are the Royal Marines?
The amphibious fighting force of the Royal Navy, held at high readiness for worldwide rapid response.
47 Commando Raiding Group
Lead unit for amphibious warfare and board and search training.
Historic relevance - WW2, role was to insert behind enemy lines and cause as much damage and disruption as possible and then extract.
CO - Colonel C E Haw
Operation Gritrock
Ebola crisis in west africa led by the WHO.
Helped 8800 people over 6 months.
What is the future commando concept?
Looks at a new way that the marines will be used - linking back to their role in ww2 of disrupting the enemy and causing damage. Using nee technology.
