The training of the Royal Marine Corps can be roughly divided into two parts. The first part is field training. The Royal Marine Commando Training Center (CTCRM) located in Livingston, North Devon is mainly responsible for selecting players for the Royal Marine Corps and retraining the officers and men of the Marine Corps. The second part is global training. With the close defense cooperation of NATO countries and British diplomatic relations, the Royal Marine Corps was sent to various climatic zones and various terrain environments around the world for actual combat drills. From the cold and mountainous northern Europe to the hot and dry Middle East and North Africa, to the tropical jungles of Southeast Asia.
The Royal Marine Commando Training Center in Livingston was established in 1970, but its predecessor RMRD appeared as early as 1939. At that time, the training camp was mainly responsible for training reservists who joined the army because of the expansion of the army before World War II. 1940, a large number of new recruits were trained in Livingston training camp, and soldiers of active troops also came here for training before being sent to the sea to perform tasks. At the end of World War II, the assault school originally located in Achinakery moved to Taun and changed its name to RoyalMarinesTrainingGroup. In the early years after the war, the Marine Corps Officer and NCO School also moved to Livingston. At this point, the military and special training of the Royal Marine Corps are almost concentrated in one place. 1970, these schools were merged into the commando training center of the Royal Marine Corps.
The task of the Royal Marine Commando Training Center is to provide complete personal skills and tactical training for officers and all Royal Marines. Including basic and advanced field training, non-commissioned officer promotion courses and special qualification courses (specially designed for special forces soldiers). The commando training center is supported by the training support department and follows the centralized training policy. At the same time, commanders of all arms must first ensure the quality of recruits and the principle of selecting officials. The training content covers five aspects: recruit training, officer training, infantry support training, non-commissioned officer command course and special courses for signal soldiers and their military management personnel. Each training section is headed by a lieutenant colonel, who is responsible for designing the training content, implementing and checking the training results, and is directly responsible to the commander of the commando training center. The commander-in-chief is responsible for budget allocation and setting annual training objectives. A deputy commander is responsible for the daily affairs of the training base, the discipline and safety of the training troops and the confirmation of contact with foreign training bases. All Royal Marines will return to Livingston Training Center many times during their service. From the Royal Marine Corps Potential Training Course (PRMC) to the regimental master sergeant course (RSM), from the officer potential training course (POC) to the command course. On average, about 1200 recruits come here for training every year, and another 2,000 recruits and 400 officers attend preparatory courses.
Livingston Training Base has complete facilities, including first-class gymnasium and swimming pool (for combat swimming test), indoor simulated shooting range with the latest laser technology, rifle shooting training ground for recruits and a comprehensive training ground covering 95 acres and 300 meters nearby. In addition, CTCRM has the right to use about 2,500 acres of training ground near Come, woodbury, and the Royal Marine Corps also has training ground in Dartmoor Plateau (the scenery of this wasteland is described in detail in Conan Doyle's The Hound of Baskerville), Wales and Scotland.
The first and most important identity of all marines (except the musicians of the Royal Marine Corps) is commando, so they have to receive the longest and hardest infantry training in the world, and the most important part of this is commando training. All recruits who want to join the Royal Marine Corps must undergo 30 weeks of commando training. Commando training courses are held at three bases: Portsmouth, Chatham and Plymouth. The first two bases are mainly responsible for training new recruits, while Primorsky Krai is mainly responsible for other senior personnel.
Portsmouth's training lasted 15 weeks, teaching basic infantry skills and turning a civilian into an infantry. The training contents include: infantry training, weapon use, physical training, military geography, first aid and three prevention training. After the training content is improved, high-level skills will be instilled and personal abilities will be brought into play-five field assessments will be conducted during this period; Subsequently, these recruits were transferred to Chatham Base and trained in the following 15 weeks. The training focus shifted from individual skills to tactical training in pairs, teams, platoons and companies. Field training is becoming more and more frequent, including patrol, ambush, defense and weapon use training (anti-tank missiles, grenades) and assault equipment use training (landing craft, fast assault boats, helicopters, etc.). ), and they have to learn rock climbing and rope falling. Physical training includes attack courses and fast marching. During the 30-week course, recruits will also learn how to deal with the increasingly heavy equipment. The core idea of Chatham's training troops is to turn an ordinary infantry into a commando, and the following training also includes the use of various assault equipment. The final exam starts from the 26th week and lasts for 7 days. It tests and evaluates all the students' personal skills and tactical accomplishment. One of the tests is the famous "Yomping"-carrying a load is equivalent to an adult's long March. Week 27 is commando test, including TarzanCourse, surprise test, 9-mile speed March, endurance test and the famous 30-mile run across Dartmoor Plateau in Devon. All these tests must be completed within the specified time, with a weight of 22 pounds and a rifle.
Only recruits who have passed the devil test at Chatham base are eligible to wear green berets and the "Royal Marine Commando" badge. Then, they can choose to join the commandos of the 3rd Commando Brigade of the Royal Marine Corps-the 40th Commando of Downton Norton Manor, the 42nd Commando near Plymouth, Devon, and the 45th Commando of Albers on the east coast of Scotland.
After joining the commando, the life of a marine will not become idle because of the end of basic training. On the contrary, in their whole service life, comfort is the most distant word from them. Marines must apply what they have learned in training to actual situations as soon as possible and integrate into the team. During the service of the commando team, the team members were in a harsh natural environment almost all the time, either a dry desert, a wet jungle or a cold mountain top. The usual training places are in the Middle East (desert combat training), Belize, the capital of Honduras, or Brunei (tropical jungle combat training), Scotland (mountain combat training) and Norway (polar combat training). In addition, he should be ready to be sent to all parts of the world at any time as the response team of AmphibiousReadyGroup.