Thursday 11 April 2013

Afghan Farewell for Marines - The last full Royal Marines Commando Group to serve in Afghanistan on Operation Herrick is returning to the UK as 40 Commando RM has handed over control of Main Operating Base Price to 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.     The end of 40 Commando RM’s tour marks the end of more than a decade of Royal Marines deployments in the country.     40 Commando RM  was also the very first British unit to deploy to the country in 2001, securing Bagram Airfield and going on to patrol the streets of Kabul.    The Royal Marines have deployed its own units to Afghanistan twelve times, with many Marines also deploying attached to other units with various Brigades over the past twelve years.


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