In November 1948, the Royal Marines Forces Volunteer Reserve was formed at a prestigious ceremony in London. Seventy-five years later, Royal Marines Reserves (RMR), United States Marine Corps (USMC) Reservists and one Australian, came together for two weeks of innovative training that harked back to their Commando roots, whilst signaling our future direction.
Due to a technical issue, the majority of newsletters did not reach their intended destination last week and so we must apologise for this and for repeating some of the news below for the benefit of those who missed out: also to the handful of our readers who did receive last Wednesday’s edition for any confusion in maybe thinking it is Groundhog Day already (Friday 2nd February).
“The Royal Marines family is truly remarkable. Dave and Alan are testament to the strength of the Corps, its values and standards and wider message of belonging”
In August 2023, the Nuclear Security Operators (NSOs) of Anzio Tp, P Sqn, were fortunate enough to be presented an opportunity to conduct training at the home of the USMC’s Tier 2 Special Operations Force, MARSOF.
This year we will be back at the Graspan Memorial in central London to celebrate the Corps 360th anniversary year and remember those who have gone before us.
This year’s Royal Marines’ 360th Birthday theme is reflected in much of the news we share this week; we honour and pay tribute to valued supporters and fundraisers; and it’s ‘last chance saloon’ for those looking to book one of the few remaining sought-after tickets for this year’s MFM!
With a combined age of a just under century and a quarter, former Royal Marines Alan Chambers MBE and Dave Thomas reached the geographic South Pole at on 19th January exhausted but elated, having been on the polar ice for 58 days battling some of the most extreme conditions on earth.
The Information Activities Cell (IA) recently deployed to Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, USA to take part in Ex Information Warfighter 23 a multi-national Info Ops Wargame and Tactical PsyOps exercise. There was representation from several NATO and Non-NATO states. The roster included the USA, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Singapore and the UK.
This week we bring you some cold-weather news from both the Arctic and Antarctic that will surely shed some sunshine on the winter chill; and our fundraisers start to gather speed for 2024.