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3rd Special Service Brigade

3rd Special Service Brigade
3rd Commando Brigade
3 Commando Brigade
RoyalMarineBadge.svg
Cap Badge of the Royal Marines
Active 14 February 1942–present
Country  United Kingdom
Branch RoyalMarineBadge.svg Royal Marines
Type Marines
Commando
Light infantry
Role Commando/Amphibious Landing Force
Size 8 battalions
Garrison/HQ HQ - Stonehouse Barracks, Plymouth
March Quick - Sarie Marais
Engagements

Second World War

Operation Musketeer
Falklands War
Iraq War

War in Afghanistan
Commanders
Brigade Commander Brigadier Jim Morris DSO
Insignia
3 Commando Brigade Formation Badge The dagger insignia of 3 Commando Brigade is worn on the left shoulder of combat uniforms by all personnel attached to the Brigade

Second World War

Operation Musketeer
Falklands War
Iraq War

3 Commando Brigade is a commando formation of the British Armed Forces and the main manoeuvre formation of the Royal Marines. Its personnel are predominantly Royal Marines, supported by units of Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery, and the Fleet Air Arm, together with other Commando Qualified sailors, soldiers and airmen.

The brigade was formed in 1943, during the Second World War, with a mixture of Army commando and Royal Marine commando units and served in the Burma Campaign. After the Second World War, the Army commandos were disbanded and the brigade became a Royal Marine formation. Recently, the brigade has again become a mixed Army and Marine formation with the addition of an Army infantry battalion, artillery regiment and engineer regiment alongside three Royal Marine battalions and support services. Since the end of the Second World War, it has served in the Suez crisis, Falklands War, Gulf War and the War in Afghanistan.

The 3rd Special Service Brigade was formed in 1943 and sailed for the Far East and saw action against the Japanese in the Burma Campaign. On 6 December 1944, the brigade was renamed 3rd Commando Brigade, removing the hated title Special Service and its association with the German SS. In January 1945, the Brigade was involved in the battles to secure the Myebon peninsula and Kangaw.


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