Over 32 weeks raw recruits are turned from civilians to basic soldiers - then transformed into Royal Marines. The extremes of physical and mental exhaustion they endure are unparalleled.

British Royal Marines have been leading a five-week amphibous-warfare course for Ukrainian marines. As of August, some 900 Ukrainian troops, ranging from veterans to new recruits, had done the course.

Charles arrived at the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines in Lympstone, near Exeter, Devon, on Friday to meet successful recruits and present special honours. He attended the training centre 50 ...

Pippa Birch, from Henley, Oxfordshire, was 25 when she first attempted the Royal Marines course in Lympstone, Devon - one of the world's toughest basic military training programmes.

This is your introduction to life in the Royal Marines and indicates your potential to begin Royal Marines basic training. Over the course of four days you’ll complete a number of physical tests ...

For decades, basic Royal Marine training, which recruits must pass to earn a green beret, has lasted 36 weeks – ten weeks longer than the Army's infantry course. Top brass justified the extended ...

The King described his military training as “very uncomfortable” during a visit to the Royal Marines base at which he was put through his paces 50 years ago. The monarch completed his ...

There are growing fears that elements of the Royal Navy's elite commando training, which keeps standards set in the Second World War, are being made easier to let women pass.

Maj Erik Nielsen said: "Royal Marines' training is arduous. It pushes people to their physiological limits but no-one should die in training from heat illness.