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{{Short description|Battalion sized formation of the Royal Marines}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 45 Commando Royal Marines | image = 45 Commando.png | image_size = 140px | caption = Unit badge | dates = 1943βPresent | country = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = {{Tree list}} *{{flagicon image|Flag of the Royal Marines.svg}} [[Royal Marines]] **{{flagicon image|Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg}} [[His Majesty's Naval Service|Naval Service]] {{Tree list/end}} | command_structure = [[UK Commando Force]] | type = [[Commando]] | size = [[Battalion]] | current_commander = [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lt Col]] Edward Hall {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|MBE|RM}} | garrison = [[RM Condor]], [[Arbroath]] | ceremonial_chief = | ceremonial_chief_label = | colonel_of_the_regiment = | colonel_of_the_regiment_label = Commandant-General | nickname = | motto = [[Latin language|Latin]]: ''Per Mare Per Terram''<br>(By Sea By Land) | colors = | identification_symbol = | identification_symbol_label = Commando Flash | march = Quick β ''[[A Life on the Ocean Wave]]''<br>Slow β ''Preobrajensky'' | mascot = | battles = | notable_commanders = | anniversaries = | website = [https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/organisation/units-and-squadrons/commando-brigade/45-commando 45 Commando - Royal Navy ] }} '''45 Commando Royal Marines''' (pronounced "four-five commando") is a [[battalion]] sized unit of the British [[Royal Marines]] and subordinate unit within [[United Kingdom Commando Force|UK Commando Force]], the principal [[Commandos (United Kingdom)|Commando]] formation, under the Operational Command of the [[Fleet Commander]]. Tasked as a Commando [[amphibious warfare|amphibious]] unit, 45 Cdo RM is capable of a wide range of operational tasks. Based at [[RM Condor]],<ref>[http://www.royal-marines.mod.uk/history-and-ethos/individual-unit-histories.php Royal Marines Commando β Individual Unit Histories] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128153932/http://www.royal-marines.mod.uk/history-and-ethos/individual-unit-histories.php |date=28 November 2007 }}. Former {{HMS|Condor}} which became [[RM Condor]] in 1971.</ref> their barracks in [[Arbroath]], personnel regularly deploy outside the United Kingdom on operations or training. All personnel have completed the Commando course at the [[Commando Training Centre Royal Marines|Commando Training Centre]] at [[Lympstone]] in [[Devon]], entitling them to wear the [[green beret]], with attached personnel having completed the [[All Arms Commando Course]].
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