Royal Marine Corps (Ringerike)

The Royal Marine Corps is the naval infantry branch of the Royal Ringerike Navy, tracing their origins back to the first permanent assignment of infantry units of the Ringerike Army to the Navy in order to provide better trained landing and boarding parties as well as being responsible for the maintenance of order on naval vessels.

The present day corps provides a deployable rapid reaction force able to operate in all types of climate and environment, it's primary fighting power is provided by the three Marine Combat Groups and the Marine Jeger Regiment, the latter being focused on raiding, reconnaissance and other specialist operations, also while officially part of the Marine Corps, the Marinespesialkommando (MSK) fall under the operational control of the Ringerike Special Forces.

Structure
The Corps is under the command of Fleet Commander, Ringerike Royal Navy with operational control held by a Major-General in the post of Commander Amphibious Forces, with the fighting power of the corps being provided by the three marine regimental groups, Marine Jeger Regiment and a number of smaller units, these are:


 * 1st Marine Regimental Group
 * 2nd Marine Regimental Group
 * 3rd Marine Regimental Group
 * Marine Jeger Regiment (Marinejegers)
 * MSK (Marinespesialkommando) Special Forces Group

Marine Combat Groups
The Marine Combat Groups are the primary maneuver units of the corps, specializing in amphibious landing operations, they are designed to be fully self sufficient units with the combat support and service support elements for fully independent deployments. They are organized as follows:
 * Headquarters and Service Support Company- Providing Command, Signals, Medical, Maintenance and Logistics.
 * ISTAR Company- Provides Forwards Observers, JTACs, UAVs and Reconnaissance/Sniper Teams.
 * Combat Support Company- Contains an Assault Engineer Platoon, Anti-Armor Platoon, 120mm Mortar Platoon, MANPADS Platoon and the Mobility Platoon; Which provides the rest of the MCG transport using their TATC All Terrain Armored Vehicles.
 * 3x Rifle Companies, each consisting of a Company HQ and three Rifle Platoons.

Marine Jeger Regiment
The Marine Jeger Regiment is a specialist unit with the primary role of Raiding and operations to set the conditions for amphibious assaults including but not limited to beach survey, reconnaissance and sabotage. A number of it's sub-units are parachute and dive trained. It is organized as follows:


 * Headquarters and Service Support Company- Providing Command, Signals, Medical, Maintenance and Logistics.
 * 3x Raiding Companies- Consisting of Company HQ, three Rifle Platoons, a Support Weapons Platoon and an assault engineer Section.
 * ISTAR Company- Trained in specialist recon and infiltration methods, the ISTAR Company is made up of a Company HQ, UAV Section and a number of Reconnaissance Groups.
 * 152 (Naval Gunfire Liasion) Battery, Royal Artillery- Manned fully by Jeger Qualified Army Personnel, the Battery co-ordinates fire support in the pre-landing environmnet and in support of Marine Jeger Regiment operations in general.