3 Commando Brigade Recognised - The six month mission of 3 Commando Brigade RM to Helmand (Afghanistan) during the spring and summer of 2011 has been singled out for once again cementing the bond between the UK and US.   The green berets worked side by side with their American counterparts in Task Force Leatherneck during Operation Herrick 14 – co-operation deemed worthy of an award by senior officers on both sides of the Atlantic.    3 Commando Brigade RM and its supporting units in Task Force Helmand – in total 6,555 men and drawn from all three arms of the British military – worked side-by-side with its US Marine Corps counterparts and ultimately came under the Americans’ II Marine Expeditionary Force.