42 Commando

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42 Commando is a battalion-sized unit of the Royal Marines specializing in amphibious and expeditionary warfare as part of the United Kingdom’s elite commando forces.

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Label Occurrences
42 Commando canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Marines unit
commando unit
allegiance British Armed Forces NERFINISHED
His Majesty’s Naval Service NERFINISHED
branch Royal Navy NERFINISHED
capability littoral strike
maritime interdiction operations
raiding operations
rapid deployment
specialist boarding operations
conflict Falklands War
Gulf War
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation NERFINISHED
Iraq War
Korean War
Malayan Emergency NERFINISHED
World War II
surface form: Second World War

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: War in Afghanistan

operations against the Islamic State
country United Kingdom
equipmentType amphibious assault equipment
light infantry weapons
formedAs infantry battalion of the Royal Marines
garrison Bickleigh Barracks NERFINISHED
garrisonLocation Devon NERFINISHED
England NERFINISHED
near Plymouth
motto Fortitudine
notableOperation Operation Corporate NERFINISHED
Operation Herrick NERFINISHED
Operation Shader NERFINISHED
Operation Telic NERFINISHED
notableTheatre Central Asia NERFINISHED
Middle East NERFINISHED
South Atlantic NERFINISHED
parentFormation United Kingdom Commando Forces NERFINISHED
partOf 3 Commando Brigade NERFINISHED
Royal Marines NERFINISHED
role commando
light infantry
serviceBranchRole Royal Navy amphibious warfare arm
size battalion
specialization amphibious warfare
expeditionary warfare
trainingStandard All ranks are commando-trained
typeOfUnit standalone commando unit

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3 Commando Brigade component 42 Commando
Major General Jeremy Moore militaryUnit 42 Commando
subject surface form: Jeremy Moore