commander general/Brigade general

[davo141]

when i had my last interview i named the commander general; cant remember who it was at the time but i named him as the man having overall control of 3 brigade royal marines....looking on their website it said that brigade general was the main man....

just wondering which one, if the question is asked which i should name and why over the other

a confused davo, cheers

[Artist]

3 CDOBDERM =Brigadier.
MGRM CDOFORCES = Major General.
MGRM TRSF = Major General.
CGRM = Lt General.

This is as it was 14 years ago, so, I might be out of date.

To get the gen buzz ask Sticky Blue, he's still in! If he don't know then God don't know!

All I know is that Stix decides and the rest follow! (he's my hero, and he sent me his autograph so I could frame it)

Artist

[druadan]

3 Cdo Bde CO is Brigadier AA Milton at Stonehouse Barracks in Plymouth, IIRC. 3 Cdo Bde including the various commando regiments/squadrons such as 29, 59, 539, Medium Armoured Recce etc. Then you have the RM Command at Whale Island in Portsmouth, which includes 3 Cdo Bde, CTCRM, RM Poole, and a couple of others that I can't rememer when pissed, which is commanded by a full blown General if I'm not mistaken. Which I might be...doubting myself after Artist's post!!

[kwew]

AA Milton is a major general and brigadier Dutton is the brigade commander but Brig Dutton is being promoted to major general this year so i dont know if hell still be the Brigade commander.

[dannyd]

As kwew said,

Commandant General Royal Marines = Maj Gen A A Milton (i.e. top man of the RM)

OC 3 Cdo Bde = Brig J B Dutton

This is how it stands at the moment according to the most recent edition of the G&L. Brig Dutton will soon (14/05/04) be moving up to Maj Gen & CGRM. Who will move up to OC 3 Cdo Bde I don't know.

For those of you planning on joining the Corps you could do a lot worse than to get yourself a subscription to the Globe & Laurel (Corps Journal). Inside the front cover of every issue is a breakdown of the RM Command structure detailing who is IC of each unit. The articles will also keep you well informed of what is going on in the Corps. The price for a year is a miserly £8.40 (UK) or £16.80 for overseas air delivery.

To get a subscription email the G&L at royalsmag@btopenworld.com to find out details.

Or go to http://www.royalmarinesregimental.co.uk ... ption.html for a subscription form.

Good luck lads.

[Sticky Blue]

I'll get the gen from work if I get time in the morning.
There is now also DRM (Director Royal Marines) based on Whale Island I'm not sure what he does but he is pretty impotent

[Sticky Blue]

Director Royal Marines is the centre of all things Admin and Regimental Matters.
Promotion, drafting, course planning & loading, tasking of units etc all takes place from DRM. From what I know the staff officers there are responsible for the smooth running of the Corps and there is an officer for everything that we need.

[barryc]

Sticks , can any of them read a map?

Barry

[kwew]

barryc of course not they are officers!!

[chunky from york]

Barry,

They employ bootnecks to resd maps!!!!

[Sticky Blue]

Sticks , can any of them read a map?
Barry

If I were an American I would ask for the 5th amendment for fear of incriminating myself; as I'm not, I can't.
Why do they put officers in offices? Because to move around an office, you use an office plan... NOT a map.

Sticks re-reads his post and checks to see that he hasn't said at any time that officers can't read maps. Happy that he hasn't dropped himself in the brown he sneaks off towards the door like a politician before anyone notices he hasn't answered the question and asks him again...

[druadan]

Hmm, evidently I was drunk. Of course I knew that [cough]. Cheers DannyD for the G&L link...