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30 Commando Information Exploitation Group

30 Commando (Information Exploitation) Group, Royal Marines
RoyalMarineBadge.svg
Cap Badge of the Royal Marines
Active 2000 - present
Country  United Kingdom
Branch RoyalMarineBadge.svg Royal Marines
Type Amphibious Commandos
Role ISTAR
Size One battalion
Part of Naval Service
Garrison/HQ Stonehouse Barracks, Plymouth
Motto(s) Per Mare Per Terram (By Sea By Land) (Latin)
March Quick - A Life on the Ocean Wave
Slow - Preobrajensky
Commanders
Current
commander
Lt Col C. Middleton RM
Captain-General HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (Captain-General, Royal Marines)

The 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group is a Royal Marines unit of the British Armed Forces. The unit resources include communications, information operations, information systems, intelligence, surveillance, and Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR).

The unit's title harks back to the original 30 Commando (which in turn became 30 Assault Unit RM), formed in 1942. This unit was tasked to move ahead of advancing Allied forces, or to undertake covert infiltrations into enemy territory by land, sea or air, to capture much needed intelligence, in the form of codes, documents, equipment or enemy personnel.

In 2010 the unit, which had formerly been known as the HQ & Signals Squadron Royal Marines and then as the UK Landing Force Command Support Group, was renamed 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group.

In 2013, 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group were granted the freedom of Littlehampton, West Sussex, in honour of the original unit being based in the town during the Second World War.



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