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Royal Marine Commandos on Patrol with the Estonian Army in the Now Zad area of Helmand Province Southern Afghanistan 2008
Based on the Range Rover, the Commando was mainly used by emergency services. It's quite cool, actually. I picked this rather battered example up in Palmerston for $1! I didn't care what condition it was in; I had been looking for one of these ever since I saw one used as a prop in an I Spy book when I was little. I'd like to think this is racing off to some emergency in snowed-under rural Britain!
Afghan commandos participate in range training at the Zero Range at Camp Pucino, FOB Salerno, March 13. (Photo by Spc. Ryan Goldsmith)
42 COMMANDO ROYAL MARINES L COMPANY ON PATROL IN NADI-E ALI NORTH, Forward Operational Base Folad, Afganistan, 1 May 2011.
Images taken by LA(Phot) Hillhouse. BRITISH CROWN COPYRIGHT©2010
42 COMMANDO ROYAL MARINES L COMPANY ON PATROL IN NADI-E ALI NORTH, Forward Operational Base Folad, Afganistan, 1 May 2011.
Images taken by LA(Phot) Hillhouse. BRITISH CROWN COPYRIGHT©2010
Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, begin setting up tents which function as the brigade's command post in tactical environments during a command post training exercise, November 18, at Fort Drum, New York. This CPX is the second in a series of training events allowing the brigade staff to rehearse, execute and evaluate the collective training tasks essential to the brigade’s mission. Soldiers across the Commando brigade have spent months progressing from individual to collective mission essential tasks as they work toward brigade level certification at the Joint Readiness Training Center. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Paige Behringer)
19 Mar 2012
Aursfjordbotn, Norway
Members of the British Royal Marines Commando, demonstrate an amphibious landing in Aursfjordbotn, Norway, with two Landing Craft Vehicles (LCVP). They storm the beach to secure the area, during Exercise Cold Response.
Approximately 800 soldiers from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battalion Group from Petawawa, Ontario, deployed on Exercise Cold Response 2012 in northern Norway...Exercise Cold Response is a Norwegian-led, invitational military exercise taking place from the 12th to the 21st of March with 16,000 participants from 14 nations..
Photo credit: Sgt Norm McLean Canadian Forces Combat Camera
© 2012 DND-MDN Canada
This folding Ensign Commando belonged to my Grandfather, who passed it on to my Father, who passed it on to me. It was used to take some of the early photos of Moi!
It has folding barn doors inside which can close the 6x6 format down to 4.5x6 in a portrait format. The rangefinder window can be adjusted to the smaller format by sliding a masking frame in front, using a sliding knob. For a medium format camera, it is surprisingly compact, and produces some pleasingly crisp images. As the closest focussing distance is about 5ft, it has it's limitations, but below that distance parallax would become an increasingly significant consideration.
Royal Marine Commandos on Patrol with the Estonian Army in the Now Zad area of Helmand Province Southern Afghanistan 2008
Located in moorland beside the A82 trunk road, 1¼ miles (2 km) northwest of Spean Bridge, is the Commando Memorial. This 5.1m (17-foot) high memorial was designed by Scott Sutherland, of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art (Dundee) and unveiled by HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900 - 2002) on 12th September 1952. The three soldiers which comprise the memorial look out from their plinth over Leanachan Forest to the peaks of Aonach Mor and Ben Nevis. It commemorates the elite force known as the 'Commandos', which was set up in 1940 on the orders of Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) to harry the axis forces and regain the initiative on the part of Britain. The force trained in the area around this monument, with their Training Centre at Achnacarry, 4 miles (6 km) to the northwest.
The plinth of the memorial records the Commando's motto United We Conquer and a plaque states: "In Memory of the Officers and men of the Commandos who died in the Second World War 1939 - 1945. This Country was their Training Ground."
Royal Marine Commandos on Patrol with the Estonian Army in the Now Zad area of Helmand Province Southern Afghanistan 2008
Pictured: 3rd July 2025 –42 Commando Royal Marines conduct small arms training in New South Wales.
As part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, Royal Marine Commandos from 42 Commando have been training with their Australian counterparts in New South Wales.
UK Commando Force have been trading skills with partner forces on the ranges and a state-of-the-art close quarter battle training facility.
Photos: Royal Marines
30 Commando Support Squadron who are the Brigade Reconnaissance Force take part in an operation in Helmand province Afghanistan.
30 Commando Royal Marines are embarked on their first operational tour since WW2.
Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, begin setting up tents which function as the brigade's command post in tactical environments during a command post training exercise, November 18, at Fort Drum, New York. This CPX is the second in a series of training events allowing the brigade staff to rehearse, execute and evaluate the collective training tasks essential to the brigade’s mission. Soldiers across the Commando brigade have spent months progressing from individual to collective mission essential tasks as they work toward brigade level certification at the Joint Readiness Training Center. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Paige Behringer)
British service members with 30 Commando IX (Information Exploitation) Group, 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines, practice shooting on the move at a range aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 1. This exercise prepared them for live-fire, room clearance drills they performed at the base’s Military Operations on Urban Terrain facility.
An Afghan National Army Commando maintains security on top of a compound during an operation in Baraki Barak District, Logar Province, Jan. 8. Afghan National Army Commandos complement counterinsurgency efforts and enable conditions for improved security, governance and development. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kyle Wagoner/Released)
42 COMMANDO ROYAL MARINES K COY IN NAHR-E SARAJ SOUTH
K Coy of 42 Commando Royal Marines deployed to Nahre-e Saraj South, Afganistan in April 2011 and were working independantly to 42 Commando Royal Marines who are based in Nadi-e Ali North. Images taken by LA(Phot) Hillhouse BRITISH CROWN COPYRIGHT©2010
Royal Marine Commandos on Patrol with the Estonian Army in the Now Zad area of Helmand Province Southern Afghanistan 2008
Westland Sea King HC.4 Commando's on the pan at RNAS Yeovilton on 20th of October 2007.
These extremely useful but old helicopters are due to be replaced by the Agusta-Westland Merlin when the latter are transferred from the RAF to the Royal Navy for use by the Royal Marines.
Royal Marine Commandos on Patrol with the Estonian Army in the Now Zad area of Helmand Province Southern Afghanistan 2008
An Afghan National Army Commando maintains security on top of a compound during an operation in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Jan. 8. Afghan National Army Commandos complement counterinsurgency efforts and enable conditions for improved security, governance and development. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kyle Wagoner/Released)
42 COMMANDO ROYAL MARINES L COMPANY ON PATROL IN NADI-E ALI NORTH, Forward Operational Base Folad, Afganistan, 1 May 2011.
Images taken by LA(Phot) Hillhouse. BRITISH CROWN COPYRIGHT©2010
Royal Marines of Whiskey Company, 45 Commando taking the opportunity to train in the field, whilst off the Dutch Warship HMNL Rotterdam to conduct emergency casualty evacuation procedures in Benin. Whiskey Company are currently deployed on board the assault troop carrier HMNL Rotterdam and visiting Benin as part of the African Winds 13 deployment.
Whiskey Company practise their emergency medical procedures and recover a wounded solider from the field.
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA-773) are also deployed on board the Rotterdam and provide Whiskey Company with a UH-1N (Huey) helicopter to make the training as real as it can get.
HMLA-773 Squadron is using the UH-1N Huey for the very last deployment, as the helicopter will be replaced in 2014 with the more up to date UH-1Y (Yankee). The new upgraded Huey will go from two main rotor and two tail blades to four.
Image by-POA(Phot) Paul A'Barrow, RN Mobile News Team.
The Commando memorial at Spean Bridge.
The plaque on the memorial reads:
"The Commandos 1940-45
In the summer of 1940 when Britain's fortunes in World War II were at their lowest ebb and an enemy invasion was threatened, Winston Churchill boldly ordered the raising of an elite force to raid the enemy-held coastline of Europe and regain the initiative.
The new units, which initially consisted of volunteers from the regiments and corps of the British Army, were called 'Commandos'.
Within weeks they were in action in Europe later in the Middle East and the Far East. During the next five years they fought in every theatre of war with such success that the word 'Commando' became feared by the enemy - yet respected by friendly forces.
In 1942 the Commando Basic Training Centre was established in the Scottish Highlands at Achnacarry. There potential Commando soldiers (who by then came from not only the British Army but also the Royal marines and the Allied Armies) underwent their tough and purposeful training. Only those who successfully completed all the course were accepted and privileged to wear the famous Green Beret. This distinctive head-dress was acknowledged as the hallmark of the highest standards of military training, self-discipline, physical endurance, initiative, bravery and courage whilst under their simple motto United We Conquer a comradeship beyond literary description was born, fostered and flourished.
For their valour in action the Commandos earned thirty-eight battle honours and many awards including eight Victoria Crosses, but many made the supreme sacrifice, no fewer than 1,700 Commando soldiers lost their lives and others were seriously wounded. It was a record that prompted Winston Churchill to pay the following tribute to the Commandos: "We may feel sure that nothing of which we have any knowledge or record has ever been done by mortal men which surpasses their feats of arms. Truly we may say of them when shall their glory fade."
40 Commando (CDO) Royal Marines (RM) are deployed on CFX exercise, at Thetford in preparation for future operations.
The exercise consits of each company group occupying a Forward Operating Base (FOB) and working within that location for 36 hours then moving to the next FOB.
Pictured is Charlie Company at FOB Mektila during an attack.
This is my Republic commando fixer design on a figure came out great and comes with a dc 20 republic commando custom claster on ebay
100121-F-1020-133 Kabul - Afghan National Army commando 1st Lt. Mumtaz, 6th Kandak, receives congratulations from Gen. Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, ANA Chief of Staff, after being presented with an achievement medal, or first class BARYA, during a commando graduation ceremony today. Lieutenant Mumtaz was recognized for his bravery and efforts in helping fight the Taliban who attacked Kabul Jan. 18, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah Brown/RELEASED)