United States Marine Corps and Royal Marines Iceland | ACCESS

Members of M Company 42 Commando Royal Marines partner with allies from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) 22 Marine Expeditionary Unit to practice rescuing downed pilots in a process known as Joint Personnel Recovery, JPR, or Tactical Recovery of Aircraft Personnel, TRAP, if you are from the US Forces. Operating from USS Arlington, a US Navy Transport Ship, the Marines experienced the extreme conditions in the Arctic region, Keflavík Airbase in Iceland, on Exercise Spring Viking.
Pilots, like those who would aboard, Aircraft Carried R09, HMS Prince of Wales, that was docked in Reykjavík could need recovering for many reasons, being shot down behind enemy lines is one, but the reason could just as easily be having a technical problem and crashing in a remote area. Regardless of the reason the Marines, onboard ship, need to respond to any situation and be able to deal with whatever conditions they find on the ground.
BFBS Creative, with former Royal Marine Ben Cook, follow NATO members from the Royal Marines and United States Marine Corp, as they work together to conduct a pilot rescue mission before embarking on CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopters and LCAC Hovercraft for a classic maritime raiding mission.
#royalmarine #usmc #marines

[@Kitchevo]

“If you want to go fast go alone! If you want to go far, go together” UKRM + USMC simply unstoppable

[@H-ySapient]

Getting settled in for Supremacist suppression from the north East is an adrenaline rush. In months they'll be ready to take on the next phase and be optimized for artic hostility created by the war against Ukraine.. World's best military is getting better at co-op and support worldwide on a low-key Elite level. This is a sneak reveal for the opposition. Beware of the Western alliance! 🇺🇸💪🏽🚀

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

Our friendship is a great one. Much love to my friends in UK from America.

[@muchasgracias6976]

Combat Arms Channel gonna love this one!

[@jaymac7203]

The quality of these videos is incredible 👏

[@BruceNewhouse]

Excellent video. Great style. Appreciated very much.

[@exorcists]

Glad to see that the USMC has upgraded their gear.

[@sih1095]

Have to say BFBS have massively upted there game with these videos. Kudos.

[@NesconProductions]

Of note here was the US Marines here were all using suppressors & high powered optics on their assault rifles (the exception were those with M240 LMG's). Think a very wise move for suppressors allows for better communication (& situational awareness by retaining one's hearing) in combat, improves accuracy & also helps reduce troops firing signature (harder for the enemy to know where counter fire is coming from). The improved optics allows for better accuracy at longer ranges and move from spray & pray to targeting with single fire helps (drastically) to conserve ammunition.

[@Josh-bu4zx]

Thank you armchair general, the display of common sense here was very insightful to me.

[@bigchunk7246]

US marines are leading they way in that department. I imagine someday most nations will have suppressors as standard

[@simondavies699]

Just proves how the usmc has way better kit

[@MrSwccguy]

Spray and pray isn't a tactic taught lol Cans add weight and extend your barrel in cqb

[@PeterPanMan]

I LOVE Lt. Olajide's description... "Everything is consistently changing." 😆😆😆 Semper Fi, LT.

[@markdradley]

Very good. Personally I would like to see more of the presenter talking about his knowledge or insight having been a Marine. I want that insider opinion. And more technical info about vehicles, weapons, gear, tactics etc.

[@nickmarrotte4941]

These two units make a great international team I hope we see more of them in the future if we get into any conflicts.

[@poseidon808]

Should a war break out, I’m confident in the capability of our combined armed forces standing together or alone could face down any adversary, both nations possess a strong military and would together be a formidable force in battle

[@leehill8437]

this is why i love america and its my go to dream holiday and even dream home its all down to the history between ourselves and the Americans in both war time and peace

[@SomeKidFromBritain]

Well produced, informative video. keep up the good work.

[@paul8161]

Well done to everyone military for doing a fantastic tough job of keeping everyone safe, I have 👍❤❤💪💪

[@haltuaketti420]

iceland is the perfect training ground you have everything you need

[@warshipsdd-2142]

Still remember good liberty as a USMC SGT with the Royals (too many years ago). Good mates both in engagements and over pints). Looks like both organizations are getting back to our roots and a good thing in the current global environment. Semper Fi!

[@khemrajsingh541]

I would love to see a video from you guys concerning the recently formed British Army Ranger Regiment.

[@sam8742]

To people questioning 'Use the same lingo" it's because of NATO standardisation so they use roughly the same terms for everything.

[@longtabsigo]

My brother in law is Manx, therefore our families epitomize the “we are all one people separated by our common language. “

[@jskn15]

Whenever I see the US and UK working together, I get chills and goosebumps. Long live the supremacy of the English speaking peoples.

[@thebeautifulviolenceclub8087]

“Long live the supremacy of English speaking people “… wtf are you even on about … you know how many Americans and Brit’s don’t come from English speaking people ? Like probably 50 percent of them . Just say long live American and British troops . Lol

[@andreinarangel6227]

Yikes!!! I didn't feel the same way. Frankly, I liked operating with the Brits when they were NOT joined to our operational task force. Never got along with them, and I avoid them as much as possible. When I op'd with them I liked it when the Brits stuck with their own, and we stuck with ours, with only a couple of liaison officers to de-conflict.

[@orcho141]

hmmm, sus words there

[@broflo3875]

@@andreinarangel6227 I worked alongside them and the Aussies for a bit and loved every minute of it.

[@wrightypegz8997]

Love a good bit of BFBS Access. Can’t beat it really. Where are you lot going next? You could visit the Ukrainians training in the UK.

[@darrencoventry6788]

Zambia next. Following the Welsh Guards who have been helping to train anti poaching rangers on Op Corded. It’s an initiative that has been successfully delivered in a few African countries.

[@AsteroidM749A]

Jesus Christ. I can never get over the quality of the BFBS Creative videos. You're doing ten fold what the MoD are paying millions to some nonsense company to produce. Keep it up!

[@terranrepublic7023]

USMC Style, yo that accent was funny af

[@iandoyle3695]

The young LT at the beginning has white socks on. Lmao some sgtmaj is about to get his ass.

[@bigbcor]

No because your allowed to wear white socks now

[@iandoyle3695]

@@bigbcor yo dead ass?

[@aidensilgram6606]

Those hovercrafts are sick, Where to buy one for my backyard

[@BFBSCreative]

Not sure what the fuel bill is to run them but we are pretty confident that your neighbours might complain about the noise!

[@aidensilgram6606]

@@BFBSCreative 😂

[@larrycleveland8832]

They suck riding in. Very bumpy ride. Marines puke on those things.

[@liam1666]

iceland is such a fascinating place

[@johnwatts9932]

Fantastic video.. Watching the two us and UK marines working so well together.. What I like to know is how does the chain of command work? Who takes orders from whom? Because each unit has its own chain of command... I'm sure it's been worked out.. Cus thay work so well together.

[@darrencoventry6788]

When units are working together like this, especially on live operations, there are very clear rules on command and rules of engagement. There are vast differences in the UK and US rules of engagement, so legally this is quite an important topic. Command and control ranges from Full Command, so the gaining commander, in this case it would be the CO of 22 MEU, has full authority to treat the Royal Marines like his own Marines (note that ROE would not be changed and never is for UK Armed Forces). There are then various levels of Operational Command OPCOM, Operational Control OPCON, Tactical Command TACOM and finally Tactical Control TACON. All of this would be outlined in any issued orders and legal agreements before the units are detached/attached.

[@TWLegend2]

Show us the British military’s presence in Sweden/Finland next!

[@rophiamphu1669]

That downblast from the rotor of 53 when they try to exfil is really soft.

[@davisluong2060]

Don’t know why they block out those patches because they give the name of those individuals along with tank

[@parallel-knight]

Keep on following the Royal Marines and get someone else to follow the paras

[@longonponce]

Dam..........Marine Gruts are starting to looking like Special Operations!! 2008-2013 V38 Kio Co

[@Walk_Off_0311]

My old unit FOX CO though

[@matthewford937]

Royal Marines should have a couple Sqdns of LCAC Landing Craft Air Cusion

[@fleadust5107]

539 Raiding Assault Squadron from 47 Commando Royal Marines used to operate a LCAC(L), however I think they got rid of it sadly, there’s a video of Guy Martin with the RM LCAC(L) and he was learning how to operate it with a few commandos from 539

[@tams805]

@@fleadust5107 Yeah, but in this video was an LCAC, which only the US and Japan operate. As for the LCAC(L), I believe they still have all four in service.

[@fleadust5107]

@@tams805 Yes, I believe they should have a LCAC, at the moment we only have the LCU as that but it's not a hovercraft nor is it as big as the US LCAC for say, but a RM LCAC would be lovely.

[@christhorpejunction8982]

Wanted them, they also wanted CB90 but ££££££££

[@tomgosy]

It's interesting to see how different the kit is between two forces despite bearing the same name and similar roles

[@alqaeda7040]

Royal Marines are special forces level

[@MrQuakeroat]

@@alqaeda7040 No they're not. Only special forces are special forces level.

[@simondavies699]

Yeah the usmc shit is way betyer

[@bigbcor]

Yea Russia is finding out that difference now first hand…

[@snowtfl5617]

@@MrQuakeroat technically under us terms they would be considered special forces as they have a specialised capabilities that allow them to work in small groups behind enemy lines which is what America considers special forces why British can only be considered special forces if they are under the direct command of the military and can operate without parliamentary approval

[@karloyu3484]

👍❤️

[@notapplicable4567]

so basically black hawk down?

[@AttackHelicopter987]

NAVY

[@lachlanchester8142]

Well done very astute

[@DavidLee-cr4xv]

I initially thought this was a Mortal Kombat video

[@karloyu3484]

😊😉

[@guysimpson8300]

I would like to see more NATO joint operations. In these uncertain times I would like to know what we are doing for the collective defense.

[@ph11p3540]

Given how the Arctic region is slowly opening up to more ship traffic, Canada needs a bigger presence in it's Arctic backyard in case of a shipping disaster or large airliner crash. Canada has been incredibly lucky that no such emergency has unfolded in it's backyard. Canada lacks emergency infrastructure to deal with a large scale arctic catastrophe should it unfold. I would hate to think how Canada would handle a crashed airliner in Baffin Island or a foreign super tanker leaking oil in the Canadian North West Passage.

[@paulfraser6274]

Easy they won’t. They’ll contract out to Russia 😂

[@dorkyanimations5]

❤️🇺🇸🙌🏻

[@user-dt8dw2zq2e]

Can you guys take a look at Canadian army exercises?

[@JCStaling]

@gaming are there ANY canadian military exercises? lol

[@charliecharliewhiskey9403]

As an aside, I remember the first time I saw an attached Canuck officer on an exercise in the UK. His camouflage was very startling, especially since we were still in C95s.

[@adamatch9624]

Seeing as this is a British channel I got a feeling you are asking the wrong team

[@tams805]

Only if they are joint with UK forces. What do you honestly expect?

[@lyleguydelkon6523]

Wonder what Iceland thought about the Marines' LCAC

[@ph11p3540]

They think it's a flying Viking long ship full of foaming at the mouth Vikings. Their great grand parents reincarnated.

[@Lithane97]

Oh boy, can't wait to see M5's and m250's in the hands of those US marines. Every infantrymen supposed to have suppressors and state of the art optics through the new weapons systems.

[@graememccaig723]

i noticed a lot of thr USMC were carrying suppressors. In this artic enviro, is this needed.? Is it not a burden with longer rifle inside a helo?

[@Undesbutedcards]

The us are now all carrying suppression devices and is also required with the new gen rifles from sig

[@monkeysgame172]

Theyre not for stealth

[@Undesbutedcards]

@@monkeysgame172 yes I understand it’s for sound suppression for ears as well as to hide flash I own a suppressor and you barley see any flash at night from it

[@bigbcor]

Because we dont like killing our own troops like Russia…

[@becket7656]

I suppose it's to protect their ears mainly, even if its in harsh conditions the gun shots are still very loud

[@bryndishelga3684]

NOT THE MOSS please don't step on it it's millions of years old

[@snakeplissken571]

Cool video but the overly dramatic bongo drums is loud and annoying.I try to mute the music but miss half the dialog.

[@ThisGuyAd.]

I've always wondered though, what's the plan if someone shoots the rubber skirt of the hovercraft?

[@elliotburrows]

The holes made are so small that they are negligible compared to the air escaping from the bottom of the skirt.

[@timothyraycob3446]

Skirts are made to be self sealing up to 20 mm cannons.

[@ThisGuyAd.]

@@timothyraycob3446 Oh boy, now thats impressive 😱

[@michaeldoolan7595]

Hovercraft are like a crab on marbles.

[@tonysargent3852]

What is the pilot is trapped in helo? Do they carry tools to extract people from crashed aircraft?

[@sam8742]

Yeah they do, aircraft are built with areas that can be broken to get crew out of them

[@marblerun5149]

3:49 recognise him from the Commando Show i think

[@DeLosReyess]

You’re right that’s him

[@darrencoventry6788]

Good eyes that man!

[@danielniffenegger7698]

Where are the Swedes and/or Norwegians? Also, did Air Force Pararescue jumpers embed for casualty recovery?

[@bigbcor]

Why do you ask if pararescue is involved?

[@hugo-alistair1312]

@@bigbcor because they are normally the first response

[@danielniffenegger7698]

@@bigbcor Air Force wasn’t even mentioned. Just curious.

[@poseidon808]

I guess the idea is training the regular folk for a recovery of a downed pilot, PJs may be handy but they’re SOF so aren’t in as large a supply as the RM or USMC

[@TheLAGopher]

@@hugo-alistair1312 The US Navy,RN,RAF, and USMC, fly their own aircraft. You don't want to be dependent on one service to recover the pilots of all services.

[@maxmoore9955]

To see America utilising a British invention, That we don't does my nut in ,yes the hovercraft, Can cross all types of Terrain. At least the US Marines, saw potential, same with the Harriers.

[@desertmandan123]

It's all down to money, they'd rather give it away in foreign aid...

[@bmelo909]

UK uses lots of US Inventions. That's what allies do

[@Orbowitz]

Our main fighting rifle in the marines now is the H&K M27

[@IO-zg8md]

IOW Hovertravel on a weekday.

[@sih1095]

About 200 yards from where I live. 👍

[@Bullsac]

Is a beard like a must before joining the Royal Marines?

[@poseidon808]

It’s allowed I’m pretty sure but not a must have lol. We just don’t see a reason to force our lads to shave

[@Bullsac]

@@poseidon808 when you look that bad ass I wouldn’t shave either lmao

[@brianfoley4328]

I'm usually critical of "Joint Training" with other nations as the chances of many of these nations actually performing combat operations with US forces is slim or nil. Joint training with UK and Scandinavian in Arctic conditions is one exception. The US Marines really have the mission for Arctic warfare, though the Army is trying to get up to speed. Scandinavia is a likely target should Russia decides to get "froggy". Training with the Royal Marines is never a waste of time, nor is training with any of the Scandinavian Special Operations units.

[@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists]

3:00 sure man, or may be polar only ? 😂🤣

[@paulfraser6274]

Who is this guy ? How does he have such inside military acsess

[@doojit4703]

Ex soldier, joined media teams for the armed forces

[@khakicapitalist4099]

If you hear him monologue through the horrendous violining you'll hear him mention he is an ex-royal marine. Like the other guy mentioned he is likely to have the trust of public affairs to run a vidoc on what I assume is to assure the public of our "commitment to NATO and our allied partners".

[@uzhyer24]

Capt sam looks like _______?

[@charlesl5226]

Hell ya, ssgt. Swab, good guy served under him back in 13-15 at joker 2/4. How is the country under a threat of climate change? Didn’t know it had a functioning army.

[@reesestacks5103]

The “functioning army” would be the climate in climate change

[@stetomlinson3146]

That landing didn't seem to have an emphasis on stealth! 😉😀😀

[@poseidon808]

Well the idea for JPR / TRAP is the get in quickly and get out quickly, stealth ain’t always an option. Additionally not every beach landing needs stealth, just show up quick enough and put a foot in the door and quickly the whole body will follow through

[@stetomlinson3146]

@@poseidon808 Fair points. It was impressive too.

[@poseidon808]

@@stetomlinson3146 aye, roll an LCAC up and drop troops out, seems like an effective and impressive way to get boots on the ground immediately and as soon as that’s done you’ve accomplished stage 1 of the landing phase of the operation

[@DrDavidmx]

I like the british camouflage better, also there helmets 🪖 The British had for a long time horrendous looking gear. When they mentioned in the end those three different environments they wanted to train in after this one, I wonder if they went to French Guiana for the jungle training with the French Foreign Legion? 🤔

[@MrSwccguy]

Still do lol.

[@Wushaaa]

@@MrSwccguy they really dont.

[@MrSwccguy]

@@Wushaaa bro yes lol, top loading plate carriers, bulky helmets, bulpups

[@Wushaaa]

@@MrSwccguy bulpups are actually a great design. The new L85A3 is better than the 60 year old US m4. MTP camo is far more effective than the UCP the Americans tried to use, taking MTP from the British to quickly replace it. The helmets may be bulky, but so are nearly every militarys helmets to actually protect the soldier from shrapnel. I take it you haven't seen the new equipment the Royal Marines are getting. Its funny you say this when the British Armed Forces are the the best equipped and most highly trained military in the world, thats just a fact. Might not be the largest, but what they lack in numbers they make up for in high levels of training, logistics, discipline and tactics.

[@MrSwccguy]

@@Wushaaa Lmao false asf. Bulpups are terrible, ah yes i would like to have all the gases blow back in my face. The M4 and M4 patterned rifles are literally the best out there. MTP is a multicam pattern that came from the US. Crye helped create MTP. The USMC is issuing high cuts to conventional infantry. The army is following suite. The US military is literally the best equipped and trained and that a actual fact.

[@bigchunk7246]

Where’s that future commando force gear they were talking about?

[@lukeysharp94]

I think all the Gucci kit is being phased into 40 and 45 commando for now.

[@bigchunk7246]

@@lukeysharp94 yeah, guess it’ll take some time

[@revbenf6870]

"We speak the same language and we have the same lingo..."

[@tams805]

Language and lingo are not the same thing. Same roots, but they are not the same. So it's *you* who is not so great at language.

[@ArunWills7]

I have no clue what lingo even means

[@darrencoventry6788]

@@ArunWills7 in this context SSgt Swabb means military terminology. How they refer to things. How they communicate with each other is clearly in English. But if you listened to it you might barely keep up. Unless you are military you certainly wouldn’t know what 90% of the acronyms mean. The military use a LOT of acronyms.

[@ArunWills7]

@@darrencoventry6788 Oki

[@rayansmahi6649]

I don't like the new helmet of US Marines Corps, but I prefer the former helmet.

[@goregalore_]

the Highcuts? those are so that the can use the commo systems because they didnt fit under the old ACH so instead they adopted those

[@trevordurkin1940]

highcuts aren’t bad but damn nothing looked better than an old kitted up mich

[@simondavies699]

Yeah then cry about it. It's better if the U.S Marines are commandos not poor

[@Walk_Off_0311]

Fucj the old ones

[@terranrepublic7023]

The only imperfection about this training is that they didn't involve any Icelandic military personnel in it, usually you go to a place in order to train with the locals because they know the place best, if it's just the US and UK forces then they could have just done it in Scotland or Alaska or something

[@TONSBERG100]

Iceland does not have a military.

[@BFBSCreative]

The Icelandic coast guard took part in the training exercise. They don't have a military as we would recognise and as such their relationship with the US Armed Forces and International partners is even more important to them.

[@DrDavidmx]

@@BFBSCreative Yes and I guess the Swat (Vikingasveitin) was there also? I could be wrong.

[@MrSwccguy]

Lmao nope, more realistic

[@TheLAGopher]

They are not just going to a place to train with locals. They are going to a possible theater of combat operations during a future NATO/Russia conflict. Iceland is one of the most strategic locations because its a natural choke point to stop Russian subs from getting into the North Atlantic and well a basing location for US/UK aircraft operating over the North Sea and Baltic Sea.

[@Flappatackle]

Still using the L85 I see

[@eddiel7635]

L85 A3 is decent, mods have transformed it

[@tomstravels520]

@@eddiel7635 Although the ones in the video weren't A3's

[@tomstravels520]

They are starting to move to the Diemaco C8

[@charliecharliewhiskey9403]

We're still stuck in the 80s, even though we try to look like a modern military 🪖 🙃

[@adamatch9624]

@@charliecharliewhiskey9403 tahts as the A3 is actually quite good

[@nickelroof6727]

After the Ukraine invasion started, a Russian news anchor, reporting on the war on Russian TV, pejoratively described the US and UK nations and their militaries as a beast with two heads that could not be seperated. This video won't do much to dispel that notion as a myth. Let's hope he doesn't see this vid'.

[@markdavidson1049]

Cool. I still want peace with Russia. Their people seem really awesome.

[@JB-rl4ik]

@@markdavidson1049 Russians hate British and Americans. Trust me I used to live in Georgia, lots of Russians there. They HATE us. Pure propaganda from their Gov

[@calgsus911]

@@markdavidson1049 they don’t think that about us, or anyone in NATO. Especially about the Americans. Too much anti-American rhetoric in their news. They say some crazy things over there.

[@sharwama992]

@@markdavidson1049 facts The world needs true statesmen not warmongers with over sized egos

[@loafoffloof3420]

@@JB-rl4ik then why do I have Russian friends and why I see athletes with Russian and Siberian last names competing for the USA in sports

[@charliecharliewhiskey9403]

We have new aircraft carriers? Are those the ones we started building back in 2005?

[@adamatch9624]

That’s new it the turns of aircraft carries

[@lachlanchester8142]

You been living under a rock?

[@johnwatts9932]

As the UK are building alot more navel ships, the marines will be kept busy for the forseable future I'm sure........

[@unreal4010]

Why does he say USMC just say u.s marines

[@RHTeebs]

Brits love acronyms.

[@newbie_productions]

I was in Iceland last year as a tourist. I was told that many of the landscape would not grow back in hundreds of years if humans ever damaged it. I suppose that’s what the military is doing. I understand they want to have a common defense, but destructing environmental ecosystems should not be an exception.

[@charliecharliewhiskey9403]

1) "much" isn't "all", and there are plenty of places in Iceland which that doesn't apply to 2) The UK and US militaries will have had to get agreement from Iceland, and that agreement will have been subject to risk assessments, including environmental and ecological assessments. 3) There will have also either been an opportunity for special interest groups to have a say, OR it will be a place which has been used for military exercises regularly for the past 60 odd years, because that's how militaries do things; it benefits exercise staff to reuse the same exercise field again and again since they know the safety requirements and logistics and can focus on training the guys. The point I'm making is that this won't be causing substantial or excess harm to the natural environment, and so there is no need to worry about that. Despite the visual impact of military training, and despite the horrors that war can bring to lives and the landscape, during peacetime in an allied country the military is in all likelihood one of the *least* harmful organisations to the environment.

[@NorwegianNationalist1]

@@charliecharliewhiskey9403 Hi, us small Nordic nations do not have a say in what America does in our countries. We are simply forced to comply.

[@TWLegend2]

@@NorwegianNationalist1 you could always leave nato and take your chances being friends with Russia:)

[@reallyoldfatgit]

@@NorwegianNationalist1 a big assertion, do you have any evidence?

[@NorwegianNationalist1]

@@TWLegend2 We have always been friends with Russia actually, we have never had a single war against each other. They were the first to recognize our independence, and liberated Northern Norway during WW2 then left.

[@NgJackal1990]

They need to fight the Russians! Teach those Russo what it means to be real soldiers!

[@KarmaChameleon3029]

Where's the fun in that? We'd me in Moscow in a week xD

[@andreinarangel6227]

Good idea. Let the Euros lead, we'll "support" with aid, and 3 transport airplanes.

[@MrSwccguy]

No

[@poseidon808]

No thanks, not another warmonger. What we need to do is avoid a major global conflict and continue building our military whilst Russia destroys it’s own. War doesn’t help anyone

[@contingency9]

Royal Marines and USMC are quite different in quality USMC are naval infantry where as Royal Marines are on par with US Navy SEALS special forces, however they work very well together

[@drinksnapple8997]

Not even close. Keep dreaming. The USMC is pretty much HEAVY "Shock" naval infantry (they bring with them massive amounts of firepower). Meanwhile, the RM's are on par with the US 101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division. Fast, lightly-armed, very very quick-hitting, but with a short term engagement capability. To put it bluntly, the Royal Marines are more akin to a raider force. Better at "raiding" than the USMC, that's for sure. But the RM's on one of the three "Commando" units (40, 42, 45), have with absolutely nothing in common with the USN SEAL Teams. Nothing in common. Not in the same team, not in the same league, not in the same universe.

[@alexanderrose1556]

The royal marines are not on the navy seals level because thats not there litteraly job to be.. they arent a special forces unit, they are a specialised light infantry formation based around amphibious operations.

[@pepperroni6252]

@@drinksnapple8997 you don't understand the RM, they aren't short term they can be inserted and last for a while without more ground forces. But you are right in that they're not comparable to SEALs, but they are comparable to Tier 2 US operators

[@DeLosReyess]

They are not on par with the SEALS😂 I work with the bootnecks I’d say they’re closer to the rangers more than anything

[@dizzyWLRD]

You mean royal marine cammondo they are the ones attached to uksf

[@ganandrarai9380]

SAS. IS THE ONE OF THE BEST IN the PLANET EVEN SMALL NO.

[@lachlanchester8142]

Okay? This is not about them

[@tubefreakmuva]

Cringey af

[@camarogovroom1368]

Delta force has something to say about that,also this isnt even about the SAS?

[@michaelanderson7715]

@@camarogovroom1368 Something to say about what?

[@camarogovroom1368]

@@michaelanderson7715 When it comes to cqb and all that delta force is better

[@hachwarwickshire292]

It's Britain and British not UK !

[@michaelanderson7715]

"It's Britain and British not UK !" - what point is this 'supposed' to be making?

[@hachwarwickshire292]

@@michaelanderson7715 The obvious one.

[@gerrardnum8]

Wrong, Royal Marines have many Northern Irish commandos.

[@michaelanderson7715]

@@gerrardnum8 "Wrong, Royal Marines have many Northern Irish commandos." - you seem to have stated this on the grounds that 'Britain' and British' are distinct from 'UK', therefore excluding Northern Ireland. This is WRONG... - This doesn't make sense as a response to "It's Britain and British not UK" 1. 'Britain' has several references, it DOES NOT ONLY refer to Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales). It is a synonym for UK, therefore covering Northern Ireland. 2. 'British' includes a reference to citizens of the UK, therefore covering Northern Ireland. ------------ So, you now see that your reply is irrelevant. As numbskull Hach hasn't replied to my question, I'm going to correct him too.

[@gerrardnum8]

@@michaelanderson7715 British is widely considered to describe people from Britain. People from the UK aren’t all widely considered as British unfortunately

[@Dezzasheep]

What the hell has this got to do with climate change?

[@abulebube1239]

The ice in the Arctic is melting more and more and there’s a real possibility that new sea routes will open up in the region on a few years, and consequently this has drawn some interest to the arctic circle, specially Iceland and Norway. Another factor in this is that Russia is becoming more agressive as a whole and it has flexed its muscles in the region before, so it could be that they are saying climate change instead of saying that this a exercise to prepare for Russian incursions into the area (less politically charged).

[@Dezzasheep]

@@abulebube1239 Russian aggression 100% agreed. Climate change excuse is codswallop. You'll be saying the polar bears are dying out next (they're not btw).

[@JG-ib7xk]

Wow.... you really are dumb if you're even asking this question. You could get the answer by thinking for 30 seconds. Why would the ice melting affect global politics, and therefore affect the military's of the nations on that area? If the ice melts then suddenly there are a lot of new shipping lanes where there are currently none. The country that controls those shipping lanes will make a lot of money. So countries will be willing to fight over control of those shipping. So countries need to start preparing their militaries for this possibility.

[@abulebube1239]

@@Dezzasheep To be fair, while polar bears aren’t dying out they are experiencing at least some loss of habitat specially in their southern most ranges. Honestly even the climate change “excuse” ties back to Russia. Assuming those sea routes would open, the biggest concern is that it would represent a new area of strategic importance and Russia might attempt to stake their claim on it.

[@superbananas7792]

@@abulebube1239 There's also the whole what climate change will lead to with global temperatures already hitting highs that were expected in the 2050s and not now. Basically we're talking famine, water shortages (Which is already being seen in Asia, the middle East and Africa) and that funnily enough leads to conflict. Its only gonna get worse over the next decade.

[@matthewford937]

Royal Marines to USMC are the equiv of USMC to National Guard! 😂🖖🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦👊

[@superbananas7792]

Ya missed the C there mate The RMC are commandos, tier 2......the USMC are basically just infantry. So technically it's the other way around The RMC equivalent would probably be the Green berets or Rangers.

[@fleadust5107]

@@superbananas7792 I think what he meant was that if you made it American the RMs would be USMC and the USMC would be the National Guard, so he’s making the point that the RMs are better than USMC

[@superbananas7792]

@@fleadust5107 Yeahh didn't get that at all from what he said

[@fleadust5107]

@@superbananas7792 Nah it's fine, it took me a second to understand but I get what he was getting at though :)

[@thegreatdogzilla5855]

@@superbananas7792 rangers not green berets.

[@aa-up4sf]

If it wasn't for the USMC and American military in general setting up these training exercises all over the world, the Brits would be sat twiddling their thumbs so show a bit of appreciation you get to work with us before you tell us how much greater your Royal Marines and army is than ours.

[@hoovyzepoot]

If it wasn't for the British the USA as it currently is wouldn't have ever existed. Show a bit of appreciation.

[@aa-up4sf]

@@hoovyzepoot think we already did when we kicked you out for getting too big for your boots and trying to tax us without representation. You're welcome. The redcoats never moved so fast..

[@grissou2685]

Isn’t this literally in Iceland supported by a British carrier with British planes it isn’t abt who’s operation it isn’t its a shared operation between allies

[@hoovyzepoot]

@@grissou2685 It is, yet these yanks want to ride their high horse for whatever reason.

[@smsb8521]

Oh dear someone has his head stuck where the sun doesn't shine. All NATO military exercises are organised by SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) and AOC (Allied Command Operations) The last time I checked NATO isn't just America. Also FYI British Forces conduct military exercises in many parts of the world with friendly partner nations who are not part of Nato the same as America does where there is no involement between American and British forces. So where you get your very insular thinking from I have no idea...

[@dmc2085]

Under threat from climate change 😂

[@adamatch9624]

What?

[@JG-ib7xk]

It literally is. The whole point is that the ice is melting, and Russia is wanting to control the new shipping lanes that are opening up because of the ice melting (global warming). The West needs to be ready to stop Russia trying to control these new shipping lanes. Its ok if you're too dumb to understand that, just maybe don't embarass yourself by shouting about how dumb you are on public.

[@basedglennuk]

Woke NATO is unstoppable: unleash the trans-Generals!

[@abulebube1239]

The They/Them army is the best in the world and a 1000x times better then the was/were army

[@omEon]

Based af

[@QR3BBury]

Brigadier Spectreral from the 21st Woke Liberal Brigade, reporting for duty sir!

[@mursalgessi6524]

@@QR3BBury 😂🤣

[@basedglennuk]

@@crownlands7246 Listen, when NATO's Trans-Generals emerge from their safe space, they'll snatch Putin & Lavrov and give them a full makeover: hair, nails - the lot❗️

[@briant5685]

Uk is not as it used to be all this overhype is replicated by nothing on the ground,it's like living in your past glory,UK forces are a small league

[@NIGHTLURKERR]

let me guess you're american?

[@sdwau8889]

@@NIGHTLURKERR He could be a disenfranchised ex-Royal Guard. I mean it's the internet and we're both guessing.

[@ahab9712]

Cope

[@averagepp5293]

Seethe

[@alqaeda7040]

Still better than Russian vdv and spetznas