Adam Baird @adamjamesbaird

Professional Athlete 🇬🇧|Royal Marines Commando🗡️ 🇬🇧|GBR Bobsleigh Pilot 🛷 🇬🇧|British Deadlift Record Holder 🇬🇧|British Powerlifting Champion South East, England Joined January 2012

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Bootneck Stuff @BootneckStuff

8 months ago

British Royal Marines with 40 Commando Royal Marines participate in Exercise Raven, a unit readiness exercise, with Marine Forces Special Operations Command, May 20, 2023. Ex. Raven is a training exercise held to evaluate all aspects of a Marine Special Operations Company prior…

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Bootneck Stuff @BootneckStuff

8 months ago

Royal Marines secure a casualty during exercise PREDATORS RUN 24 in Australia. Two Royal Navy Merlin helicopters from 845 Naval Air Squadron carrying teams of Commandos from Bravo Company, 40 Commando, departed RFA Lyme Bay to land in Bradshaw training area to simulate a…

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Clive Ward @CliveWardauthor

8 months ago

DID YOU KNOW? Korea November 1951, William (Bill) Speakman’s company position had been seriously depleted by casualties and was being overrun by the enemy, Speakman, rammed his pockets with grenades went forward and started pelting the Chinese with them until he ran out. Wounded…

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Bootneck Stuff @BootneckStuff

8 months ago

On 26 July 2011, a multiple of J Company of 42 Commando Royal Marines bases at Chah-e-Anjir Tactical Operations Centre went out on a routine patrol in and around the Chah-e-Anjir, Nadi-e-Ali North, Afganistan.

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NAVYfit @NAVYfit

9 months ago

The @RoyalMarines bobsleigh boys are back with a bang! @Taylor1lawrence secured his first podium finish of the season with a silver medal in Sigulda. Meanwhile, @adamjamesbaird got his first World Cup top 10 finish! 📸 @The_BBSA #NAVYfit #royalnavy #royalmarines #bobsleigh

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Nick Westby @NWestbyYPSport

9 months ago

Meet the Royal Marine from Harrogate who is piloting GB's (@The_BBSA) 2-man and 4-man bobsleighs on the journey to the 2026 Winter @Olympics @adamjamesbaird on the challenges faced and hurdles still to overcome in the adrenaline-fuelled sport yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sp…

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RMA - The Royal Marines Charity @theRMcharity

11 months ago

Another great read from the Globe & Laurel Magazine. This week features an article on the Air Centric Personnel Recovery Operators Course (APROC), hosted in Albacete, Spain in June 2024 and was attended by nine members of M Coy. rma-trmc.org/globe-and-laur… #RMfamily

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BBC Sport @BBCSport

11 months ago

🗣 "He steam-trains his way to score!" 🚂 The Warriors put their foot down immediately in the second half ⚡ #SuperLeague #BBCRL

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Bootneck Stuff @BootneckStuff

12 months ago

Royal Marines practise righting an inflatable raiding craft (IRC) during the exercise. Royal Marines of 47 CDO conduct a WADER package off the coast of Scotland whilst on the Littoral Response Group North Deployment with HMS ALBION.

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Sky News @SkyNews

12 months ago

Royal Navy warship intercepts 'narco-sub' for first time Read more🔗 trib.al/75sYLs9

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UK Commando Force Operations @Commando_Ops

12 months ago

Meanwhile, Mljet Troop, P Sqn @43Commando joined @MARSOCofficial at the Marine Raider Training Centre at @camp_lejeune for an intense Close Quarter Battle (CQB) training package. Further improving UKCF interoperability with our @USMC counterparts.

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Bootneck Stuff @BootneckStuff

12 months ago

O Sqn, @43Commando conducting training in Gibraltar.

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Bootneck Stuff @BootneckStuff

12 months ago

The Surveillance Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) conducting ice climbing training. Ice climbing is a very specific skill that few forces are capable of, it gives the SRS a tactical advantage in this testing environment.)

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Bootneck Stuff @BootneckStuff

a year ago

45 Commando Royal Marines Cold Weather Survival Courses, led by instructors of the Royal Marines Mountain Leader Cadre in 2021. A hardy group of commandos highly-trained and experts in all things cold weather – to be ready to survive, move and fight in the freezing conditions.…

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Bootneck Stuff @BootneckStuff

a year ago

Bootneck Stuff @BootneckStuff

a year ago

42 Commando Royal Marines boarding team conducting Alongside Assurance (AA) operations from HMS Trent.

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UK Commando Force Operations @Commando_Ops

a year ago

During a visit to the Seychelles, @RoyalMarines from @HMSLANCASTER conducted live firing training on foreign weapons, as part of a short jungle warfare package with local forces.

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Bootneck Stuff @BootneckStuff

a year ago

14 years ago today, we lost Marine Adam Brown. Adam, of Alpha Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, who was serving as part of Combined Force Sangin, died in an explosion as 3 Troop Alpha Company were conducting a local area reassurance patrol to provide security to the locals in…

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BBC Sport @BBCSport

a year ago

"I need to talk to the right people and give myself a bit of time." Gareth Southgate is asked if he's managed his last game for England 🗣 #Euro2024

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Bootneck Stuff @BootneckStuff

a year ago

Yesterday was the day that 14 years have passed since losing Marine David Hart in Afghanistan. Dave, of 40 Commando Royal Marines, was killed the day before his 24th birthday. He was killed by an explosion while on foot patrol in the Sangin area. Gone but not forgotten…