Organisation
The Brigade is commanded by a Royal Marines Brigadier and contains Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force. Brigade headquarters staff are located at Stonehouse Barracks, Plymouth, Devon with the majority of the subordinate formations in South West England. By 2003 the brigade's constituent Commando units had been re-organised in accordance with the Commando 21 re-structuring.
The subordinate units are:
- 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group
- 40 Commando Royal Marines, based at Norton Manor Camp in Taunton, Somerset.
- 42 Commando Royal Marines, based at Bickleigh Barracks, Plymouth
- 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines, HM Naval Base Clyde
- 45 Commando Royal Marines, based at RM Condor, Arbroath
- 539 Assault Squadron, Royal Marines
- Royal Marines Armoured Support Group, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset
- 24 Commando Regiment Royal Engineers
- 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery, based at Royal Citadel, Plymouth
- Commando Logistic Regiment, based at RM Chivenor, Devon
- 383 Commando Petroleum Troop Royal Logistic Corps
- 1st Battalion The Rifles
Commando Helicopter Force (CHF),of the Fleet Air Arm, based at RNAS Yeovilton provide Helicopter support.
The Special Forces (SF) element is usually provided by units of the Special Boat Service (SBS). SF support will be allocated from the Director Special Forces, as required for tasking.
The attached army units consist of commando-trained units from the British Army. They are attached to the brigade and provide close-support, field artillery and integral combat engineer support
When the Brigade is operating as the United Kingdom/Netherlands Landing Force the Operational Control of one Marine Infantry Battalion, a Mortar Company, 7th SBS Troop (NL) and a Combat Service Support element of the Korps Mariniers are delegated to the formation.
The Brigade structure has recently been enhanced with the formation of 24 Commando Regiment Royal Engineers subsuming 59 and 131 Squadrons and increasing the capacity to bring it into line with the deployable brigades of the British Army.
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