Major military exercise will see Royal Marines invading Gosport beach

ROYAL Marines will be storming Browndown Beach today as part of a major military exercise involving British and French forces.
A Royal Marine Commando recces a stretch of beach whilst offshore raiding craft and landing craft carrying troops and vehicles make their approach during a previous exercise at BrowndownA Royal Marine Commando recces a stretch of beach whilst offshore raiding craft and landing craft carrying troops and vehicles make their approach during a previous exercise at Browndown
A Royal Marine Commando recces a stretch of beach whilst offshore raiding craft and landing craft carrying troops and vehicles make their approach during a previous exercise at Browndown

Commandos will deploy from HMS Bulwark to the Gosport beauty spot at about 9.30am as part of Exercise Griffin Strike.

About 1,000 British personnel will be involved in this morning’s test. However, some 5,000 French and British personnel will be taking part in the exercise, one of the biggest of its kind.

It will see a UK-French headquarters planning and executing major land, sea and air activity for the first time to test how the two nations could combine in a rapid reaction coalition.

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