40 Commando

40 Commando, Royal Marines
Cap Badge of the Royal Marines
Active	1942–present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Marines
Type	Marine Infantry
Role	Commando
Size	One battalion
Part of	Naval Service
Garrison/HQ	Norton Manor Camp, Taunton, Somerset
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 Andy Watkins RM
Captain-General	HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (Captain-General, Royal Marines)

40 Commando RM is a battalion-sized formation of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within 3 Commando Brigade, the principal Commando formation, under the Operational Command of Commander in Chief Fleet.

Tasked as a Commando light infantry unit, 40 Commando (pronounced "Forty Commando") is capable of a wide range of operational tasks. Based at Norton Manor Camp, Norton Fitzwarren their barracks is in Taunton, Somerset. Personnel regularly deploy outside the United Kingdom on operations or training. Whilst 3 Commando Brigade RM are the principal cold weather warfare formation, personnel are capable of operating in a variety of theatres including tropical jungle, desert or mountainous terrain. The Commando is a regular participant in the annual Brigade cold weather warfare exercise in Norway. The unit’s first "winter" was 1991, until which the unit was nicknamed the "Sunshine Commando".

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

Early Commando units were all from the British Army but by February 1942, the Royal Marines were asked to organise Commando units of their own, and 6,000 men volunteered. The first Royal Marines commando unit was formed at Deal in Kent on 14 February 1942 and designated ‘The Royal Marine Commando’. Before long it was re-designated RM ‘A’ Commando. Col J Picton Phillips was the Commanding Officer.