The Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (CTCRM) is the principal military training centre for the Royal Marines. It is situated near the village of Lympstone, between the city of Exeter, and the town of Exmouth in Devon. The trains recruits, NCOs, and officers of the Royal Marines. In this the Marines differ from the Army and other branches of the services in that Officers basic training is conducted at the same location as that of other ranks. The Corps of Royal Marines, usually just known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the United Kingdoms amphibious forces and a core component of the countrys Rapid Deployment Force. ... Lympstone is a village in east Devon with a harbour on the estuary of the River Exe. ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at 50° 43′ 25″ N, 3° 31′ 39″ W. In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ... Map sources for Exmouth at grid reference SY004809 Exmouth is a town in Devon, England, at the east side of the mouth of the River Exe. ... The inner harbour, Brixham, south Devon, at low tide Devon is a large county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Marines undergo a long basic training regime at the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (CTCRM) at Lympstone, Devon. ... A non-commissioned officer (sometimes noncommissioned officer), also known as an NCO or noncom, is a non-commissioned member of an armed force who has been given authority by a commissioned officer. ... The Corps of Royal Marines, usually just known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the United Kingdoms amphibious forces and a core component of the countrys Rapid Deployment Force. ...

CTCRM also conducts the All Arms Commando Course. This is a commando training course for non-Royal Marine service personnel: Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force personnel scheduled to serve with Royal Marine formations, usually 3 Commando Brigade. The All Arms Commando Course is run by the Royal Marines. ... The French Navy commando Jaubert storm the Alcyon in a mock assault. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

CTCRM also conducts a number of specialist courses, mainly aimed at Royal Marines but also training members of other branches of the services. As well as the well known Commando Course CTCRM's range of courses include Platoon weapons instructor, various NCO courses, PTI (Physical Training Instructor), Driver, Signals and Snipers. The latter course trains not only Royal Marine snipers but also all SAS snipers. CTCRM has a notably well-stocked small arms museum which has examples of most military small arms of the last century or so. The traditional definition of a sniper is an infantry soldier especially skilled in field craft and marksmanship, who kills selected enemies from concealment with a rifle at long distances. ... For other Special Air Services, see Australian Special Air Service Regiment and Special Air Service of New Zealand. ...

CTCRM is served by Lympstone Commando railway station on the "Avocet Line", which is only open to those having business at the base. Lympstone Commando railway station is a railway station on the branch line from Exeter to Exmouth in Devon, England. ... The Avocet Line is the railway line from Exeter to Exmouth. ...

External links

CTCRM Lympstone Web site