Royal Marines

Royal Marines
Royal Marines
	Badge of the Royal Marines
Active	28 October 1664 – present; (361 years, 4 months)
Country	United Kingdom
Type	Marines
Role	Amphibious warfare; Special operations
Size	5,820 as of 1 April 2022 770 officers; 5,050 other ranks;
Part of	His Majesty's Naval Service
Nicknames	"Royals"; "Bootnecks"; "The Commandos"; "Jollies"
Mottos	Per Mare, Per Terram (Latin); (English: "By Sea, By Land")
Colours	Royal Navy Blue; Old Gold; Light Infantry Green; Drummer Red
March	Quick: "A Life on the Ocean Wave"; Slow: "Preobrajensky"
Engagements	See list Second Anglo-Dutch War; Third Anglo-Dutch War; Williamite War in Ireland; War of the Spanish Succession; War of Jenkins' Ear; Seven Years' War; American Revolutionary War; French Revolutionary Wars; War of 1812; Napoleonic Wars; Crimean War; First Opium War; Second Opium War; Indian Rebellion; Māori Wars; Anglo-Satsuma War; Expedition to Abyssinia; Anglo-Ashanti wars; Anglo-Egyptian War; Mahdist War; Second Boer War; Boxer Rebellion; First World War; Russian Civil War; Second World War; Invasion of Iceland; ; Insurgency in Palestine; Civil War in Palestine; Korean War; Suez Crisis; Malayan Emergency; Cyprus Emergency; Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation; Aden Emergency; The Troubles; Dhofar Rebellion; Falklands War; Persian Gulf War; Bosnian War; Kosovo War; Sierra Leone Civil War; Iraq War; Intervention in Libya; War in Afghanistan ;
Website	Official website
Commanders
Head of the Armed Forces and Captain General	King Charles III
First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff	General Sir Gwyn Jenkins
Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff	Vice Admiral Paul Beattie
Commandant General	General Sir Gwyn Jenkins
Insignia
Non‑ceremonial flag
Identification; symbol

His Majesty’s Royal Marines provide the United Kingdom's amphibious special operations capable commando force, one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, a company strength sub-unit to the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG), landing craft crews, and the Naval Service's military bands. The Royal Marines trace their origins back to the formation of the "Duke of York and Albany's maritime regiment of Foot" on 28 October 1664, and the first Royal Marines Commando unit was formed at Deal in Kent on 14 February 1942 and designated "The Royal Marine Commando".

The Royal Marines have seen action across many conflicts but do not have battle honours as such, but rather the "Great Globe itself" was chosen in 1827 by King George IV in their place to recognise the Marines' service and successes in multiple engagements in every quarter of the world. Today it consists of the United Kingdom Commando Force, the Royal Marines Band Service, the Commando Training Centre and four Reserve Units.