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| rdfs:comment | - 3 Commando Brigade is a commando formation of the British Armed Forces and the main manoeuvre formation of the Royal Marines. Its personnel are predominantly Royal Marines, supported by units of Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery, The Rifles, and the Fleet Air Arm, together with other Commando Qualified Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen.
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| Garrison | - HQ - Stonehouse Barracks, Plymouth
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| commander3 label | - Brigade Regimental Sergeant Major
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| Commander | - Brigadier Stuart Birrell RM
- Warrant Officer 1st Class A C Jacka RM
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| Role | - Commando/Amphibious Landing Force
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| Caption | - Cap Badge of the Royal Marines
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| Battles | - Iraq War
- War in Afghanistan
- Falklands War
- Second World War
*Battle of Hill 170
Operation Musketeer
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| abstract | - 3 Commando Brigade is a commando formation of the British Armed Forces and the main manoeuvre formation of the Royal Marines. Its personnel are predominantly Royal Marines, supported by units of Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery, The Rifles, and the Fleet Air Arm, together with other Commando Qualified Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen. The brigade was formed in 1943, during the Second World War with a mixture of army commando and Royal Marine commando units and served in the Burma Campaign. After the Second World War the army commandos were disbanded and the brigade became a Royal Marine formation. Recently the Brigade has again became a mixed army and marine formation with the addition of an army infantry battalion, artillery regiment and engineer regiment alongside three Royal Marine battalions and support services. Since the end of the Second World War it has served in the Suez crisis, Falklands War, Gulf War and the War in Afghanistan.
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