Commando
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A commando is a combatant, or operative of an elite light infantry or special operations force, specially trained for carrying out raids and operating in small teams behind enemy lines.
Royal Marines from 40 Commando on patrol in the Sangin area of Afghanistan are pictured
Cape Mounted Burghers, or "kommando," assembling for action in 1846 during the Seventh Xhosa War. The term originally referred to the mounted infantry of this type.
Turkish Land Forces commando units with their distinctive blue berets
The first appearance and use of the term "commando" was taken from the Afrikaner guerilla units known as "Kommandos" in South Africa during the Second Boer War of 1899–1902
Royal Marines
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His Majesty's Royal Marines are the United Kingdom's special operations-capable naval infantry force and constitute one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy. They provide a company-sized sub-un
Commando
…running 1.5 miles. Long Range Desert Group hired its personnel after a lengthy interrogation. First, SAS members had to complete a 50km march, and the Royal Marine commandos tested their applicants' motivation during an obstacle course that included real explosives and machine-gun fire near Achnacarry in Scotland. The French…
Major General John Tupper His Majesty's Marine Forces
Private of Marines, 1815
Royal Marines march through the streets of Chania, Crete, in spring 1897, as part of the British occupation during the Greco-Turkish War
British Commandos in action during Operation Archery, Norway