Unit Name: | Brigade Patrol Troop |
Dates: | 1992 - present |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | |
Command Structure: | 30 Commando IX Group |
Type: | Reconnaissance |
Role: | Commando Infantry |
Garrison: | Stonehouse Barracks |
Motto: | Per Mare Per Terram (By Sea By Land) (Latin) |
March: | Quick - A Life on the Ocean Wave Slow - Preobrajensky |
The Brigade Patrol Troop is a reconnaissance troop of the United Kingdom's Royal Marines and is part of the Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) within 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group.[1] [2]
The troop can trace its history back to the Cliff Assault Unit which operated in the Second World War.[1] The troop was formally established in 1992 from the Mountain And Arctic Warfare Cadre for medium range reconnaissance.[2] [3] In 1979, the training Cadre had a secondary operational role authorised to complement its primary training role and took part in operations in the Falklands War.[2] The troop took part in operations in the Gulf War and in the War in Afghanistan.[1]
The Brigade Patrol Troop, which is part of Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron, 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group consists of six teams of four marines each who are employed in a reconnaissance role, ahead of the main force collecting information on the enemy and reporting directly back to the Brigade Headquarters.[4]