Ready to Commando Up? Enrol today!

Although challenging, this commando course is open to civilians of all backgrounds wanting to test themselves. Each person can push to their own limits. Completing the course delivers huge pride, skills, and a sense of achievement. Don’t be put off by the detail – this training is designed to challenge you.

Experience endurance, teamwork, and military discipline led by former Royal Marines Commando Joe Cottle and elite instructors with Special Forces backgrounds. Across 24-hours, participants face military-style events, testing the ability to perform physically and mentally under pressure.

This course is not just fitness – it’s resilience, tactical awareness, leadership, and performing when thrown into the unexpected. It mirrors Royal Marines and Special Forces selection, including load carries, rifle and pistol handling, speed marches, and casualty evacuation. The objective is to build endurance, skills, and mental strength under demanding conditions.

All instructors bring decades of experience from the Royal Marines, British Army and Special Forces including multiple tours worldwide and private security roles in high-risk areas like Afghanistan, Iraq, The Horn Of Africa and the Middle East.

‘The Commando Course’ pushes civilians to their limits. A base fitness level is required, but it’s designed for all ages, genders, and fitness levels.

You’ll receive an email on application with kit list and timings. 

Some equipment is provided, including:

• Cot bed and accommodation for your overnight stay at an undisclosed location.

Everyone can expect:

• YOMP’ing (weight carry over long distances).
• Team and individual work: Royal Marines “beasting.”
• Speed Marching.
• Kit Muster and introduction to orders.
• Weapons Handling: rifle and pistol simulation shoot.