Royal Marines from 40 and 47 Commando have recently completed a five-week deployment to the Pacific islands, where they engaged in jungle warfare training exercises.
These exercises, which took place over 7,000 miles from home, included patrolling, reconnaissance missions, and ambushes, as the Marines honed and refreshed their techniques for jungle warfare.
In addition to the jungle training, 47 Commando, based in Plymouth, also conducted amphibious training exercises. These included familiarisation with the USMC’s small raiding craft and reconnaissance training in Kaneohe Bay, both during the day and at night.
According to the Ministry of Defence:
“Under the cover of darkness Royal Marines carried out ambushes in the rainforests of Hawaiian paradise island Oahu during intensive jungle exercises with the US Marine Corps. Marines from 40 and 47 Commando have spent five weeks more than 7,000 miles from home operating in the Pacific island’s dense wilderness – patrolling, covertly carrying out reconnaissance missions and ambushing the ‘enemy’ as they refined and refreshed techniques for jungle warfare.”
The jungle training mission began at Camp Pendleton, a major US Marine Corps base in California, where the troops received lectures and shared techniques and experiences before embarking on their deployment. The troops then traveled west to Oahu, where they engaged in shooting and movement drills, as well as demonstrations on abseiling, to prepare them for their jungle operation.
During the first few days in the jungle, the troops engaged in a variety of training exercises, including patrolling, navigation, break contact drills, and ambush exercises. For some of the 40 Commando Marines, this was their first experience operating in this type of environment.
“Once information was gathered, the teams combined to ambush their ‘enemy’ along the track they’d been observing.”
You can read more on this here.
Waikiki, Honolulu, North shore (surfing), sun, sea, sand. Tough gig! I know the guys will have earned their R&R.
Really have to acknowledge the appropriate initiative either on part of USMC, or RM, or probably both. (Imagine it was a short conversation: Where shall we hold this exercise? Dunno; Oahu? Done!) War is hell; peacetime perhaps not so much. 🤔😉😁
Work hard play hard. 😉😉
Yeah, don’t understand the fascination myself, but it’s almost a cliche that American babes seem to be attracted to a certain type of English accent. Not certain how to characterize the accent, other than to note 007’s style of speech. Hell, if I’m watching a British production I often have to turn up the volume and enable closed captioning to even have a chance of understanding the speech. There appears to be a significant variance in UK speech (dialects?) Can a Welshman understand what a Scotsman is saying or a cockney Englishman?
Who speaks the King’s English, as on Masterpiece Theater? English university graduates? 🤔
‘Who speaks the King’s English, as on Masterpiece Theater?’
Act-tors, darling!
Preparing to play Captain Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander, New Zealander Russell Crow explained he’d based his accent on the Royal Shakespeare Company plus a couple of lunchtime gins. Few, if any British actors can manage to convince as Americans though.
You’re correct, but there are exceptions. Never knew that an actor by the name of Hugh Laurie was British, until I heard an interview when he was using his natural speech pattern. Believe he was educated at Eton.
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https://www.google.com/search?cs=0&sxsrf=AJOqlzV3ba0NEjfuVBpWUUhESwC79wR7pg:1674655355971&q=Blackadder+the+Third+Prince+George&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj67fCs8eL8AhVHhFwKHb22AMEQpboHKAN6BAgBEAU&biw=1912&bih=977&dpr=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:53d81ed6,vid:T3jIE3b-bhY
Do you also know for the first year he kept it up off set and the production crew did not know he was English either… 🤣😂🤣
Most of us understand all British dialects having lived among each other. Gaelic is another story though.
You’re right. I’m told I have a “Home Counties” accent myself, so easy to follow, but I struggle to follow a Brummie or Scouser, never mind a Geordie.
Cockney is easy to understand what they are saying, you’re just clueless on what the words actually mean!
There are some great videos online which may help.
Perhaps overstating the case, but could envision certain scenarios wherein it could be difficult, or even dangerous, if communication is ineffective. In small group situations, presume repeated exposure yields positive benefits, but recognizing different speech in a high stress situation? 🤔😳
‘Can a Welshman understand what a Scotsman is saying or a cockney Englishman?‘
Maybe. All of them struggle with Geordies.
Because Geordie is the true anglish
‘ya nah wat am sayin man’
Aye they can that laddie
Just bend over, I’ll give you your babies.
Sorry dude, I’m straight, always have been, always will be. Don’t know where your comment even originated from
Banter. Or humour for our cousins over the water. 😉
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Yes, everyone in the Commonwealth can understand each other’s English quite well.
Of course they can understand each other. Imagine how we UK citizens feel when a Cajun or deep south US dude starts talking… Accent is what you are eluding to and yeah UK accents diversify over a few miles between communities. But then look at all the accents in the US. No difference.
You can drive 20 north of where I live and the accent it’s totally different
Oh no not American beer, you can see through it, my dad told me never drink a beer if you can see through it.
That was their R&R. LOL
Colonel Rich Maltby the CO of 47 Commando RM looks the part:
Ok but this article is about RM ‘ambushing’ US Marines on an exercise….which is why i said that….
Some people take things literally.
I know what you mean it’s the same when the RAF goes up against the yanks they win alot of the times. The same when a Astute sub sailed under a the defensive ring of a American aircraft carrier group and suck the carrier. I remember when the RM went up against USM in a urban battlefield the US General pulled out after the RM beat the USM 4 times he pulled out before they got beat 5 times. The UKvUS the UK will win one on one thats on land,air and sea the only way the US would win is by greater numbers. Proving the UK are better trained and that was said by the US military.
Now let’s be honest when you have to select a couple of thousand of the best as your marines as apposed I believe it’s 70000 or a 120 pilots as opposed to what must be at least 1000 you should have better quality marines and pilots.
DC wrote:
I read this story the other day, most impressed:
How A British Submarine Spent Hours Under A Russian Aircraft Carrier
You could polish diamonds on that chin!
Tyson fury apart, he does look like the last guy you would want to pick a fight with !
Straight out of a ‘commando’ comic from the 1980s. Love it
I still have mine, and the “War Picture Library” ones.
Not the sort of comment I would expect from a Royal Marine!!
Archetypal British Royal Marine Commando.
If only that were true. lol
I dare you to ask hime to connect with his feminine side. Go on! I dare you!
Probably a bit faster, please give him credit.
I’m sure that Col Maltby would in reality have been completely onside with the USMC. They are sfter all the hosts as well as being allies.
Holy crap! That’s Major Maltby! We trained with him at Cold Weather Mountain Warfare Training in Bridgeport California back in either 2003 or 2004. I remember the name and face. We jokingly referred to him(not to his face)as Buzz Light-year. Is he STILL with the British Royal Marines?!
hahah i was in bridgeport in 03/04 and with maltby in the marines, who were you with??
Got to towels first, now that Germany is on the back foot.
Ambushed the Americans and beat them to the bar for happy hour!
The article didn’t say they were successful ambushes 😀
Our Royal Marines are head and shoulders above the US version and most will admit to that.
These articles are so silly. And headlines only serve to piss the people off that are providing your exercise opportunities. Put those together with the 25 paratroopers in Japan.. no weapons…no transportation. No air support. Or actual artillery which is what would have it seems to be kind of a big thing nowadays.
Vaguely, remember a large exercise back in the eighties. Thousands of participants, possibly around Ft. Bragg and other areas. Believe exercise involved paratroopers from both countries, Rangers, Green Berets, possibly SAS. In any event mixed results, sometimes the Americans won, sometimes the Brits. Feedback generally was that when both blue and red are elite, everyone’s game is raised. Don’t think they were held at that level after USSR collapsed.
I thought the exercises were all written down like a film script Formers? A few seconds thought; who in their right mind would let that many blokes go charging off in all directions?
My oldest brother once played defending an afield in his R.A.F. National Service days. They had nothing to do. Then an Army officer appeared and told them ‘You are all prisoners.’ ‘Oh no I’m not’ said one of his mates who then prompted scarpered.
Good questions; have been trying to recall, or read more about exercise. No joy, at this point. Did not participate personally in exercise, simply read a contemporaneously generated summary.
Don’t visit this site, is the simple resolution to your problem. You’d be better off going to ://spankingnunsmonthlykansasedition.com
His preferred websites includes British Army Website, as he is hoping to spot the Brit Squaddies who keep leaving their laundry around his house when he is out signing on.
OMO!
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Oh dear, the reasoning behind the exercises do seem to be way over your rather rhetoric driven guff. Give yourself a tea break US fanboy and keep applying for the green card.
Once again revealing your caring side. So nice to see.
Booties spanking the opfor…
I’ll bet the opfor enjoyed it and PARA just wished they’d been there instead… for a spanking, especially 3 PARA mortar.
Taxi!
Did USMC ask for a reset like they did on the previous exercise???
The marines will be well set should we ever decide to oust the Americans from Hawaiʻi and restore its monarchy.
I never knew there was a 47 Commando Royal Marines? 40, 41, 42 and 45 Commando RM were the regular Commando units back in my day 1970-93.