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The 'Steadfast Defender' exercise is planned to help repel invasions such as that by Russian forces in Ukraine.
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The 'Steadfast Defender' exercise is planned to help repel invasions such as that by Russian forces in Ukraine.
Ric Cole was 19 years old when, in 1995, he joined the Royal Marines as a young Commando. He’d applied for three services – Royal Marines, Army and RAF – but picked the Marines, he says, partly because they immediately offered him a job. And, he adds wryly, “I think the biggest motivator for me was that a lot of people said I couldn’t do it. I wasn’t particularly sporty, in the traditional sense. I wasn’t big or strong – I’m not a stereotypical Commando.”
The UK Government has gifted 20 Viking amphibious vehicles and 23 ORCs to Ukraine's Navy, taking a loss to its inventory.
Over 1,500 British troops will participate in a major Nato training exercise in Estonia, alongside thousands of soldiers from other affiliated countries, the Ministry of Defence said.
The British media's claim that U.S. Marines surrendered to British Royal Marines was "much ado about nothing."