Helocasting is a demanding insertion technique where troops enter the water directly from a helicopter. This video shows Royal Marines of 40 Commando practicing the procedure from an RAF Chinook.

Members of Bickleigh-based 42 Commando carried out night-time boarding operations, helicopter raids and reconnaissance training across the last two weeks in a final test that confirms they are ready ...

The special operations drills are part of a wider NATO training operation in Scandinavia and the Baltics. The UK military’s elite amphibious special operations unit is getting ready for a major NATO ...

As part of the pre-validation drills, called Exercise Baltic Dawn, 42 and 47 Commando (a “commando” is a battalion-sized unit) conducted ship boarding drills in the Baltic Sea, as well as a joint ...