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If you mean are they Commando's who then complete the Para course and then become Para's then the answer is No. However if you mean are they a Specialised airborne version of Commando's then Yes.

Two very different Units but both with a very specialised role.

Yes thats exactly what I meant ...

Hopefully this comes across OK and not a silly question, but from their history No 2 Commando was reformed as a parachute unit, which later became 11th Special Air Service Battalion and later the Parachute Regiment, and their role is to perform raids from the air, are they basically airborne ...

Thanks daz lol

Yes just an innocent question based on looking at times and sitances covered. But again i've hered that that is the part of p-company that is harder than the commando course (the tabbing), whereas other aspects of the commando course like upper body and overal strength and endurance ...

I'm trying but this young jedi wants to be a master :2gunfire: lol

Thought I'd get the paras opinion. But yes it wouldn't be marching at 5 mile an hour as it is with the 20 miler tab, as obviously for example if you ran a 1 miler at 6 minutes, you wouldn't cover that 1 mile in 6 minutes if you were ...

I didnt say the paras are better i was asking why for 10 miles more its 3and a half hours longer to cover 10 more miles thats all. I want to join the royal marines, i'm just asking why they are going at a slower pace? I think the paras do it over the brecons as well, and the marines over dartmoore.

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Posted similar topic in the RM section.

Just puzzled when I looked at the P-company 20 miler and was shocked how quick they do it which is 4 hours and 30 minutes, compared to the marines 30 miler where they take 8 hours to do it. How is it that for only 10 miles more it takes 3 and a half ...

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First off I want to be a Royal Marine just in case people think I'm asking about the paras and which are better, i'm defo not doing that!

Just puzzled when I looked at the P-company 20 miler and was shocked how quick they do it which is 4 hours and 30 minutes, compared to the marines 30 miler ...