Commandos sharpen their skills for new NATO role

CITY-BASED ROYAL MARINES IN BOARDING DRILLS

- By DEAN MURRAY and MAXINE DENTON

DRAMATIC images show Plymouth-based Royal Marines on an overseas deployment in the eastern Baltic Sea, sharpening their specialist skills ahead of operating with NATO in a new way.

The Commandos are working towards fielding the UK Special Operations Maritime Task Group (SOMTG), which, from next year, will provide the alliance with elite troops able to deploy at extremely short notice.