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Sgt Pete Baldwin joined training in 1987 and successfully
completed training in Jan 1988. His first draft was to Y Company 45 Commando
Royal Marines where he visited Norway six times and completed AWT (Arctic
Warfare Training), MWT (Mountain Warfare Training) and a Military Ski Instructors
course. During his time with 45 Commando he also completed a tour of Northern
Ireland, two Mediterranean trips on HMS Fearless and a six month operational
deployment in Belize. After successfully completing a Junior Command Course
in 1993 Sgt Baldwin joined K Company 42 Commando Royal Marines. It was during
this time that he took part in the successful attempt to break the world
record for the longest rope slide. A distance of one and a quarter miles
off Mount Gibraltar in Canada. It took Sgt Baldwin just 90 seconds to cover
the distance and the event was featured on BBC's Christmas Record Breaker
programme in 1994. While at 42 Commando he also completed two more Norway
deployments and completed his JWT (Jungle Warfare Training) in the jungles
of Brunei. Sgt Baldwin then joined Commachio Group Royal Marines in 1996
where he again went to Northern Ireland for a six months tour of duty attached
to SNONI (Senior Naval Officer Northern Ireland), working in the boarding
parties in Carlingford Loch. In 1997 Sgt Baldwin successfully passed his
PW2's (Platoon Weapons Instructor Second Class) at the Commando Training
Centre Royal Marines Lympstone. He then went on to training recruits at
Commando Training Centre taking 3 troops through training. From the Commando
Training Centre Sgt Baldwin joined the Royal Marines School of Music in
August 1999. Since then Sgt Baldwin has taken one New Entry Troop through
basic training and is enjoying the daily challenge of instructing troop
1/00 in their weapons training, feildcraft and signals amongst the many
other military skills they need to learn.
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