Editing Royal Marines (section)

===Post-colonial era===
The Corps underwent a notable change after 1945 however, when the Royal Marines took on the main responsibility for the role and training of the [[British Commandos]]. {{As of|2009}}, since their creation in 1942 Royal Marines Commandos had engaged on active operations across the globe, every year except 1968.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/royalmarines/units-and-deployments/3-commando-brigade/brigade-information/history/ |title=History of RM deployments |date=2009 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110705005008/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/royalmarines/units-and-deployments/3-commando-brigade/brigade-information/history/ |archive-date=5 July 2011 |url-status=live |access-date=14 April 2019 }}</ref> Notably they provided the first military unit to perform an air assault insertion by helicopter, during the [[Suez Crisis]] in 1956.<ref>[http://www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk/museumresearch/PDFs/Suez%201956.pdf Royal Marines Museum – Suez deployment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230093516/http://www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk/museumresearch/PDFs/Suez%201956.pdf |date=30 December 2009 }} (PDF)</ref> They were also part of the land element during the 1982 [[Falklands War]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/5153220/The-22-Royal-Marines-who-took-on-Argentine-Falklands-invasion-force.html|title=The 22 Royal Marines who took on Argentine Falklands invasion force|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=14 April 2009|access-date=30 January 2015|last1=Simpson|first1=Aislinn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404044043/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/5153220/The-22-Royal-Marines-who-took-on-Argentine-Falklands-invasion-force.html|archive-date=4 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

43 Commando was active as amphibious infantry from 1961 to 1968, and [[41 Commando]] was disbanded in 1981.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fowler|first=Will|year=2009|title=Royal Marine Commando 1950–82: From Korea to the Falklands|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-84603-372-8|page=7}}</ref>