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mind
Royal Marine Commandos
– it’s a state of mind states
the new recruiting slogan,
ITV1s Commando TV series has brought to
and it’s a state of mind that
the public eye the tale of recruits surviving
hits you as soon as you pass (and in some cases failing) the gruelling
through the tall gates of the trials of the Commando course, but there’s
Commando Training Centre
more to Lympstone than new recruits...
at Lympstone.
It is, in fact, a surprisingly small
site for the status and stature of
and the unselfishness – all those and ISTAR (information, sur-
the men who pass through it.
qualities which set a man in the veillance, target acquisition and
Unlike their sailor brethren
Marines aside from all the other reconnaissance); and armoured
in the Royal Navy, the Royal
Forces.” support.
Marines bring officers and other
Training is not just focused on “There are no civilian instruc-
ranks together to Lympstone
the assault courses and buildings
tors on any course that is mili-
where only Royal Marines train
at Lympstone, but spreads out to
tary orientated,” stressed Capt
Royal Marines to fight as Royal
its associated Straightpoint Range
Latham.
Marines.
and Woodbury Common Training
“Royal Marine Commandos are
But Lympstone is not just
Area and beyond across the south-
infantrymen first, and specialists
about turning a civvy into some-
west.
second. There is no man within
one capable and confident to fight
“We are the only base to sup-
the Royal Marines who could not
in the front line. It is the home of
ply four meals a day as a matter
go straight into battle if the need
the command and specialist train- of course because our training is
demanded.”
ing wings – where Commandos so physically demanding,” com-
Being a Royal Marine, being a
come back to become leaders, mented Capt Latham.
Commando, being at Lympstone
snipers, Viking drivers or whatever There are three training wings at
are all inextricably bound
their tough career demands. the Devon base – the Commando
together.
And everything that recruits Training Wing which turns a
“The Corps prides itself on
and young officers see and do recruit into a frontline Royal, the
being one big family, and it is just
is imbued with the can-do atti- Command Wing where potential
growing and growing,” concluded
tude of the Royal Marines ethos, officers face up to the realities
Capt Latham.
reinforced all the time by the
of command and non-commis-
■ More on training at Lympstone
many seasoned campaigners who
sioned officers (NCOs) sharpen
next month
are called back to Lympstone
their skills, and the Specialist ● Royal Marine recruits from
throughout their service career.
Wing which is divided into four CTCRM Lympstone training
“The home of the Royal
companies: infantry support; in camoufl age on Woodbury
Marines is here,” said Capt Mark
signal and clerks; mountain leader Common
Latham RM, “Lympstone doesn’t
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go anywhere, and you constantly
come back here all the time.”
It’s almost as if an injection
of ‘Commando DNA’ boosts the
Royal Marines each time they walk
through the gates of Lympstone.
Anyone who has seen the recent
ITV series knows that the training
at Lympstone is tough, but it is
only by physically standing on the
site that the collective impact of the
Commando psyche hits home –
that newly lauded ‘state of mind’.
“What makes a Royal Marine
Commando,” says Capt Latham,
“is not just the training, but the
way a man acts – the courage, the
cheerfulness, the determination
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