The Corps Today

43 Cdo FP Gp RM has completed FGen

Office of the Commandant General Royal Marines

Appointment as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff

43 Commando Force Protection Group RM

Comacchio 80 Memorial

47 Commando Raiding Group RM

Ex Iron Fist

30 Commando Information Exploitation Group RM

UKCF Surveillance Reconnaissance Squadron Group Enhancing UKCF Capabilities in Extreme Environments

40 Commando RM

Ex Teal Ready : A Test of Capability and Adaptability

42 Commando RM

RM Boarding Team Hits Illegal Global Drugs Network in Middle East

45 Commando RM

Advanced Force Operations on Ex Joint Viking

Commando Logistic Regiment RM

Ex Viking Strike 25

29 Commando Regiment RA

United Kingdom Commando Force in the High North

Royal Marines Reserves RMR Bristol

RMR Bristol CO’s Handover Lt Col (now

Royal Marines Cadets

Ex Canford Cairngorms 2025

The Commando Helicopter Force

New ‘Wings’ at RNAS Culdrose

The RM Band Service

Collingwood Band

Mountbatten Festival of Music 2025

Commando Training Centre RM

Commando Training Wing Ex Commando Forge

Around the Messes

45 Cdo RM The culmination of Norway

Royal Marines Historical Society

116 and 117 Infantry Brigades Royal Marines in Northwest Europe May and June 1945

Royal Marines with the ANZACs

We remember and reflect upon those past who

Homeward Bound The End of World War Two for 40 RM Commando

Mne Laurie Southall When World War Two

Sir Dallas Brooks (Gallipoli and Zeebrugge)

General Sir R G Dallas Brooks, GCMG KCB

Invictus Games 2025

‘They’re like cockroaches, they get everywhere’. This was

News from Central Office Honouring the Legacy - Embracing the Future

With a huge start to the year RMA-The

Marking VE and VJ Day

This year marks a significant milestone in British

Take On the 80-Mile Challenge

The challenge is simple, yet powerful: take on

RMA The Royal Marines Charity Brings Vital Support to 42 Cdo RM

RMA TRMC ’s Health and Wellbeing Team has

From Military Service to New Beginnings: Navigating Transition

Serving as a Royal Marine is more than

Commando’s Burpee Challenge Raises £16,218 for RMA TRMC

A former Royal Marines Commando has raised an

Branch News

Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Branch Branch Sec: 012

Coping and Thriving: The Royal Marines Charity.

‘It is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring lasting change’Queen Elizabeth II.

The Stationers’ Company and the Signing of the Armed Forces Covenant

On 15 April the Worshipful Company of Stationers

Armed Forces Gambling Support Network (AFGSN) Tackling Gambling Harms in the Armed Forces

For many who serve or have served in

Yomping for the Mind Royal Marines in the Hills with The Yomping Club

Across North Wales, the Lake District and many

Former Marine’s Sponsored Yomp

Malcolm ‘Taff’ Davies (73) a Welshman now residing

75 Years of Naval Service in the East Midlands

Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) proudly

Marriage Care and RNRMC Announces New Partnership

Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) and

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Donates £70,000 to RNRMC

Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity is delighted

RNRMC Launches Strengthening Families Booklet to Support Naval Families

In March, HMS Prince of Wales welcomed serving

Reunion Notices

213 Junior Troop 50th Anniversary Reunion Members

Can You Help?

Dale’s Ultimate Defibrillator Challenge Dale Law, a

FOXTROT 4 CAMPAIGN

10 Yarrells Lane, Upton, Poole, Dorset. BH16 5EX

Letters

From: Simon Hollington Sir, I read, with much

Families

GOLDEN WEDDING HOLMESWARRINGTON P039632C WO2 Graham ‘Sherlock’

HMS Bulwark: Western Australia, 1962 Ex Tombstone Territory

In 1960 the Australian army adopted an organisational

Old Comrades

WARRANT OFFICER SECOND CLASS J LAIDLAW RM Jake

First Minister Attends Memorial Service for Hero Uncle

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney attended a memorial

Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter VC 80th Anniversary

The Thomas Peck Hunter 80 Parade drew around

Ex Demo Haute 25

Ex Demo Haute 25 was a multi-day ski

The Journal of the Royal Marines

Editorial Comment