The Maritime Reserve is a term used to group together the

Royal Naval Reserve The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original Ro ...

(RNR) and

Royal Marines Reserve The Royal Marines Reserve (RMR) is the volunteer reserve force used to augment the regular Royal Marines. The RMR consists of some 750 trained ranks distributed among the four units within the UK. About 10 percent of the force are working with t ...

(RMR).Royal Naval Reserve
royalnavy.mod.uk, Accessed 11 December 2014. "''The Royal Naval Reserve, together with the Royal Marines Reserve, form the Maritime Reserves. Reservists' involvement ranges from operations, to counter-terrorism and anti-piracy work in the Gulf. In many cases, the individual reservist is indistinguishable from their regular counterparts.''" The RNR and RMR form part of the

British Armed Forces The British Armed Forces, also known as His Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, s ...

Volunteer Reserves.

History

After 1976 and the dissolution of the post of

Admiral Commanding, Reserves The Admiral Commanding, Reserves, was a senior Royal Navy post that existed from 1875 to 1976. History Before 1857 the HM Coast Guard was attached to the Customs Service for revenue duties, and was a Controller-General of the Coastguard. In Janu ...

, responsibility for administering reserves then came under the Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command until 1994. From 1994-1996 the

Second Sea Lord The Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (formerly Second Sea Lord) is deputy to the First Sea Lord and the second highest-ranking officer to currently serve in the Royal Navy and is responsible for personnel and naval shore establish ...

became responsible for managing reserves. Later that year the new post of

Flag Officer, Training and Recruitment A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design employ ...

took over responsibility for reserves until 2004. In 2005 the

Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland The Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland (FOSNI) was a senior post in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It was based at HMNB Clyde, HM Naval Base Clyde, and the holder of the post was the Royal Navy’s senior officer in Scotland. The ...

became responsible for the

, holding the joint title of Flag Officer, Reserves. In 2015 the

Naval Secretary The Naval Secretary is the Royal Navy officer who advises the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff on naval officer appointing (and General Officers). Their counterpart in the British Army is the Military Secretary. The Royal Air Force equiv ...

Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) The Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.) is a senior appointment in the Royal Navy usually a two-star rank and has a NATO ranking code of OF-7. History The Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff was originally directly responsible to the Fir ...

assumed responsibility for reserves and the post was renamed

Flag Officer, Maritime Reserves The Naval Secretary is the Royal Navy officer who advises the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff on naval officer appointing (and General Officers). Their counterpart in the British Army is the Military Secretary. The Royal Air Force equiv ...

. As of February 2020, the current head of the Maritime Reserve is Commodore

Mel Robinson Commodore Melanie Suzanne "Mel" Robinson, is a British senior Royal Naval Reserve officer. Since February 2020, she has been Commander of Maritime Reserves. Naval career Robinson has degrees from Cardiff University and the Open University. She ...

Commander Maritime Reserves

The head of the Maritime Reserve is Commander Maritime Reserves (COMMARRES) and holds the rank of commodore. The following have served in that role: * –2012: John Keegan * 2012–2013: Gareth Derrick * 2013–2016: Andrew Jameson * 2016–2020: Martin Quinn * 2020–present:

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Maritime Reserves
Reserve forces of the United Kingdom Naval units and formations of the United Kingdom Royal Navy personnel

History

Commander Maritime Reserves

See also

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