45 Commando

45 Commando Royal Marines
Unit badge
Active1943–Present
Country United Kingdom
Branch
TypeCommando
SizeBattalion
Part of3 Commando Brigade
Garrison/HQRM Condor, Arbroath
Motto(s)Latin: Per Mare Per Terram
(By Sea By Land)
MarchQuick – A Life on the Ocean Wave
Slow – Preobrajensky
Website45 Commando - Royal Navy
Commanders
Current
commander
Lt Col Edward Hall MBE, RM

45 Commando Royal Marines (pronounced "four-five commando") is a battalion sized unit of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines, the principal Commando formation, under the Operational Command of the Fleet Commander.

Tasked as a Commando amphibious unit, 45 Cdo RM is capable of a wide range of operational tasks. Based at RM Condor,[1] their barracks in Arbroath, personnel regularly deploy outside the United Kingdom on operations or training.

All personnel have completed the Commando course at the Commando Training Centre at Lympstone in Devon, entitling them to wear the green beret, with attached personnel having completed the All Arms Commando Course.


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