30 Commando Information Exploitation Group

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30 Commando (Information Exploitation) Group Royal Marines
30 Commando IX Group.png
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Active2000 - present
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Branch
Type Commando
Role ISTAR
SizeBattalion
465 personnel (2012) [1]
Part of 3 Commando Brigade
Garrison/HQ Stonehouse Barracks, Plymouth
Motto(s)Per Mare Per Terram (By Sea By Land) (Latin)
MarchQuick - A Life on the Ocean Wave
Slow - Preobrajensky
Commanders
Current
commander		Lieutenant Colonel Simon Cox RM [2]

30 Commando Information Exploitation Group RM, or 30 Commando (IX) Group, is a battalion-sized unit of the Royal Marines and forms part of 3 Commando Brigade. The unit resources include communications, information operations, information systems, intelligence, surveillance, and Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR). [3]

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History

The group'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. [4] [2]

In 2000, the United Kingdom Landing Force Command Support Group (UKLF CSG) was formed from 3 Commando Brigade's Headquarters and Signals Squadron. [5]

In March 2010, the UKLF CSG was renamed the 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group. [6] [1]

In 2013, the group was granted the freedom of Littlehampton, West Sussex, in honour of the original unit being based in the town during the Second World War. [7] [8]

Structure

SRS Shore Reconnaissance Team personnel conducting an exercise. Royal Marines Winter Deployment 2022 FLEET-20220217-AJ0001-144.jpg
SRS Shore Reconnaissance Team personnel conducting an exercise.
SRS personnel conducting a ski warfare exercise. Royal Marines master survival skills in the Arctic MOD 45169593.jpg
SRS personnel conducting a ski warfare exercise.

30 Commando comprises: [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "30 Commando Information Exploitation Group". Royal Navy. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "30 Commando Information Exploitation Group". Royal Navy. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "30 Commando Information Exploitation Group". Royal Navy. 2009. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "History of 30 Assault Unit 1942-1946". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London. Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "UK Landing Force Command Support Group". Royal Navy. 2006. Archived from the original on 12 August 2006.
  6. ↑ "Devon marines renamed after Bond author's wartime group". BBC. 13 December 2010.
  7. ↑ "Littlehampton grants town freedom to James Bond unit". BBC. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Fleming's Red Indians special Royal Marine Commando unit". Littlehampton Gazette . 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Commandos launch stealth raid from Royal Navy sub as Arctic training intensifies". Royal Navy (Press release). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Marines Parachute Into Exercise For First Time In A Decade". Royal Navy (Press release). 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Royal Marines complete Arctic training with intensive combat missions". Royal Navy (Press release). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Royal Marines specialists conduct training reconnaissance in the Arctic circle". Royal Navy (Press release). 1 March 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "Royal Marines Air Defence Troop complete live missile firing". Royal Navy (Press release). 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2022.


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