45 Commando: Abroath-based Royal Marines begin intensive Arctic training
Arbroath-based 45 Commando Royal Marines have deployed to the ice of the Arctic following a rigorous quarantine period. The deployed marines - primarily from Arbroath-based 45 Commando - are to begin their 2021 winter deployment being put through their paces in one of the world's most extreme environments. With barely four hours of daylight and temperatures well into the minus numbers of the host nation, Norway, hundreds of green berets will conduct their training in bubbles and in line with Covid-19 guidelines. The insertion yomp of Commando Forces during their Cold Weather Survival ...