JUST one female recruit has signed up to the Royal Marines’ gruelling commando course. More than 1,000 women had registered an interest in joining. Yet only Olympic rower Philippa Birch, 24 — the ...

A US Army infantryman instructs another US soldier during an exercise to prepare the French Desert Commando Course, in Djibouti, August 28, 2021.US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Christopher Dyer A few times a ...

Club-level rower Pippa Birch was the first woman to attempt the 32-week Royal Marines recruit training in 2019 Six years after the Royal Marines opened its elite ranks to women, it is still searching ...

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AN 18-year-old from Pershore has received a top honour after completing a 32-week training course to become a Royal Marines commando. Arthur Williams (left), a former pupil of Worcester College of ...

A Royal Navy doctor from Cornwall is attempting to become the first woman to win a coveted commando green beret. Surgeon Lieutenant Katy Bray, 26, from Truro, is the only female among 50 personnel ...

Members of 42 Commando, Royal Marines, take part in a training exercise in Pirbright, Surrey Credit: Photo: LA(Phot) Joel Rouse/MoD A Royal Marine trainee has collapsed and died on an exercise in ...

Six years after the Royal Marines opened its elite ranks to women, it is still searching for its first female Royal Marines Commando. New figures show that more than 900 women have applied but none ...

A Scottish commando course which provided the training that enabled the troops to be pitched into combat with the Nazis during the Second World War is to be opened to allow the public to test their ...