Monday 12:18
23-year-old Wayne Adams from Derby has successfully completed 32 weeks of the hardest initial training in the world by becoming a Royal Marines Commando.
Wayne, a former pupil of Bemrose Community School passed out at the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, Lympstone, Devon with 910 Troop.
The distinctive hallmark of a Royal Marines Commando is the Green Beret. It indicates to others that the wearer has undergone gruelling and physically demanding tests of endurance, by displaying the Commando qualities of, unselfishness, cheerfulness under adversity, courage, determination and high professional standards.
Wayne said:
"Training was tough and testing but completing it, is something that I'm extremely proud of."
Wayne will be joining 40 Commando Royal Marines, who are based in Taunton, Somerset.
The Royal Marines are an elite commando force which is equally at home at sea as on land. These highly trained troops form a high readiness amphibious brigade (3 Commando Brigade), able to deploy by sea to the very doorstep of a crisis.
HMS OCEAN and the new assault ships BULWARK and ALBION enable this unique naval capability, providing the platforms for amphibious operations to be launched from beyond the horizon, and enabling the projection of military power ashore.
If you want to be a Royal Marines Commando, phone the recruiting hotline on 0845 6075555 or check the web site: http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk. ENDS
Commando Training Centre Royal Marines Contact: Corporate Communications Cell Commando Training Centre Royal Marines LYMPSTONE EX8 5AR.
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