Royal Marines test Commando skills off Devon coast
The Marines were from Taunton-based 40 Commando
Commandos took part in a practice known as ‘helicasting’, as they leapt ten feet from Chinook helicopters.
They were picked up by Royal Air Force helicopters on the dunes of Braunton Burrows in North Devon.
The training took place alongside 47 Commando.
Maj Will Searight Royal Marines, Officer Commanding of 40 Commando’s Charlie Company spoke about what they did.
“Helicasting is a means of putting Commando Forces ashore along contested coastlines,”
“ The technique involves jumping from an aircraft in the hover and then either swimming ashore or linking up with a raiding craft and being put ashore as covertly as possible.
“It’s a technique best suited to small teams with a reconnaissance role, and one that both Commandos and aircrew are looking to rediscover and further develop.”