United Kingdom Commando Force

3rd Special Service Brigade 3rd Commando Brigade 3 Commando Brigade United Kingdom Commando Force
Badge of UKCF
Active	14 February 1942 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Corps of Royal Marines  British Army Royal Navy  Royal Air Force
Type	Commando
Role	Special operations-capable
Size	Brigade
Garrison/HQ	HQ: Stonehouse Barracks, Plymouth
Nickname(s)	The Commandos
March	Quick: "Sarie Marais"
Engagements	Second World War Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine Korean War Suez Crisis Malayan Emergency Cyprus dispute Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation Aden Emergency The Troubles Dhofar Rebellion Falklands War Battle of Wireless Ridge Battle of Goose Green Persian Gulf War Bosnian War Kosovo War Sierra Leone Civil War Iraq War Operation Ellamy War in Afghanistan
Commanders
Brigade Commander	Brigadier James Norman
Insignia
United Kingdom Commando Force Badge

United Kingdom Commando Force (UKCF), previously called 3 Commando Brigade (3 Cdo Bde), is the UK's special operations-capable^[1] commando formation of the Royal Marines. It is composed of Royal Marine Commandos and commando qualified personnel from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.

The brigade was formed 1 September 1943 at Dorchester with personnel from 102 RM Brigade,^[2] during the Second World War, with a mixture of Army Commando and Royal Marine Commando units, and was deployed to the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II to conduct operations against the invading forces of Imperial Japan, such as the Burma Campaign.^[3] After the Second World War, the Army Commandos were disbanded and the brigade became a Royal Marine formation. Recently, United Kingdom Commando Force has again become a mixed formation with the addition of commando qualified soldiers from the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers to provide support for the Royal Marine Commandos. Since the end of the Second World War, it has been involved in a number of engagements such as the Suez Crisis, Falklands War, Gulf War and the War in Afghanistan.