https://youtu.be/RJX8IkUGKOY The 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment has less than a year before it takes over as the UK's Air Borne Task Force. It will become the spearhead for Britain's contingency operations. After years training almost exclusively for Afghanistan, the Battalion is returning to ...

https://youtu.be/AlBF5jwfyB8 40 Commando Royal Marines are currently taking part in Exercise Black Alligator in the Mojave Desert, California. Oct. 20, 2013. They are in the USA to hone their warfighting skills alongside their US colleagues at the sprawling US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Centre, ...

https://youtu.be/VAEYogy6o-Y U.S. Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Detachment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and British Royal Marines shoot downrange while conducting bilateral training during realistic urban training aboard Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., Dec. 11, 2014. RUT prepares the 15th ME...

In the Mojave desert sands of California it isn’t the just the scorpions, spiders and snakes that can deliver a lethal bite. For it is here that for the last six weeks the Royal Marines of 45 Commando have been honing their skills alongside their Dutch and US counterparts. Based at the Marine Corps ...

As darkness began to cover their tracks Royal Marine Commandos launched their final assault on a disused submarine base in Albania as part of a long-planned annual exercise. Alpha and Bravo Companies from 40 Commando were landed ashore by Landing Craft Utility (LCU) and Landing Craft Vehicle Personn...

Pictured are Royal Marines from 43 Commando demonstrating their extensive military skills and capabilities while conducting low-level training in and around Glen Fruin, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Located at HM Naval Base Clyde, 43 Commando help safeguard the ships and submarines at the Naval Base an...

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn37/vor033/16%20Air%20Assault/16918281787_f0ae31f63f_o_zpsa8fs4vuj.jpg A 16 Air Assault Brigade Pathfinder steers his MC-4 parachute as he descends over Nijmegan DZ on Fort Bragg, N.C. March 17, 2015. http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn37/vor033/16%20Air%20Assa...

British paratroopers from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment secure the Kandahar football stadium following a treat for suicide bombers attacks on June 18, 2008 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. British Paratroopers conducted operation 'Daor Bukhou'by flying in hundreds of paratroopers from 3rd Battalion ...

British paratroopers from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment secure the Kandahar football stadium following a treat for suicide bombers attacks on June 18, 2008 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. British Paratroopers conducted operation 'Daor Bukhou'by flying in hundreds of paratroopers from 3rd Battalion ...

British Paratroopers from the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment take part in an operation to search three compounds and look for weapons on July 1, 2008 in Salavat, Panjawi Province, Afghanistan. The 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment conducted a joint operation with Canadian-led Task Force Kan...

British Paratroopers from the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment take part in an operation to search three compounds and look for weapons on July 1, 2008 in Salavat, Panjawi Province, Afghanistan. The 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment conducted a joint operation with Canadian-led Task Force Kan...

British Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment on duty as a quick reaction force get ready to rescue their injured fellows shot by a British Army Apache Helicopter while on patrol and under a Taliban attack on July 9, 2008 in Gibraltar FOB (Forward Operating Base) in Upper Geres...

British Paratroopers Conduct Operation 'Southern Beast' In Afghanistan - British Army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment conduct strike operation Southern Beast on August 1, 2008 in Maywand District in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The British Army soldiers from the 3rd Battali...

I'm just wondering as to what books you would recommend for reading. Hi Mate, Really depends what you type of info you are looking for ? But one writer I highly recommend is Martin Van Creveld with his books Command in War and The Art of War: War and Military Thought, being excellent but really any...

Skills test for rapid reaction force snipers Snipers from the British Army’s rapid reaction force have tested their skills against each other. Snipers from 16 Air Assault Brigade’s infantry units grouped together on the Stanford Training Area (STANTA) in Norfolk this week. As well as hitting target...

The 16 Air Assault brigade Pathfinder Platoon during a British and French Airborne Forces joint exercise on April 25, 2013 in Stranraer, Scotland. Exercise 'Joint Warrior' sees British and French airborne forces demonstrate their readiness to be deployed together as the 'Intermediate Combined Joint...

Just a few older well known photos to get going :) British Soldiers from the 5th Airborne Brigade (Now 16 Air Assault) during the NATO intervention in Kosovo 12th June 1999 - MOD/Crown copyright http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn37/vor033/4282091107_dc50445d1c_o_zpsehkkhegn.jpg http://i300.photob...

Hi, Really glad to see this Forum up and running !!