{"id":41596,"date":"2025-01-12T23:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T22:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?post_type=unit&#038;p=41596"},"modified":"2026-05-18T21:48:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:48:03","slug":"34th-marine-brigade","status":"publish","type":"unit","link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/ukrainian-navy\/34th-marine-brigade\/","title":{"rendered":"34th Marine Brigade"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id41596_e14899-09 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id41596_e14899-09 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id41596_e14899-09 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id41596_e14899-09 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id41596_e14899-09 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id41596_e14899-09 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id41596_e14899-09 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column41596_71fdbc-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column41596_71fdbc-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column41596_71fdbc-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column41596_71fdbc-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column41596_71fdbc-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column41596_71fdbc-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column41596_71fdbc-c0{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column41596_71fdbc-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column41596_71fdbc-c0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column41596_71fdbc-c0\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p><strong>34th Marine Brigade<\/strong> \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0456\u043b \u0412\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e-\u041c\u043e\u0440\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0421\u0438\u043b \u0417\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0421\u0438\u043b \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was originally formed in September 2018 as the <strong>124-\u0442\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0456\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438<\/strong>, responsible for the defense and security of Kherson Oblast. At the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion, the brigade mobilized and participated heavily in the defense of the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> It has also participated in many other battles in Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the summer of 2024, it was temporarily subordinated to the command of the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/ukraine\/ukrainian-navy\/30th-marine-corps\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"29805\">30-\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u043f\u0443\u0441 \u043c\u043e\u0440\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043f\u0456\u0445\u043e\u0442\u0438<\/a> in order to effectively coordinate the brigade under a command structure in the direction it was operating in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brigade was officially integrated into the Marine Corps on February 1, 2025, and was subsequently reformed into the <strong>34-\u0442\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u0431\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0457 \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438<\/strong>, where it would go onto defend static river and coastal installations and conduct drone operations against Russian forces in the Kherson direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 1, 2026, the brigade was reformed into a Marine Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u0412\u0456\u0434\u0437\u043d\u0430\u043a\u0438<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The insignia depicts a chevron bearing the distinctive colors of the Ukrainian Marines. At its center is a stylized depiction of what appears to be a Lynx\u2019s head, rendered in a grey-silver tone. 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It was originally formed in September 2018 as the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade, responsible for the defense and security of Kherson Oblast. At the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion, the brigade mobilized and participated heavily in the defense of the region. 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This marked the first creation of a coastal defense brigade since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Recently, open-source information has shown that another coastal defense unit has appeared - the <strong>34th Coastal Defense Brigade<\/strong>. The unit also appears to have received an insignia, which shows a crab with red eyes alongside the traditional Marine Corps chevron style.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":41597,\"sizeSlug\":\"medium\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\",\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/i_34thcoastaldefensebrigade.webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/i_34thcoastaldefensebrigade-350x400.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41597\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Insignia of 34th Coastal Defense Brigade, redrawn by davomme<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It has been reported - although unconfirmed, that the brigade was formed on the basis of the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/ukrainian-navy\/124th-territorial-defense-brigade\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"26910\">124th Territorial Defense Brigade<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/news\/124th-territorial-brigade-joins-marines\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"33124\">We reported<\/a> on 22 June 2024 that the brigade joined the Marine Corps, being the second territorial defense unit to do so. It is expected that the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/ukrainian-navy\/126th-territorial-defense-brigade\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"26906\">126th Territorial Defense Brigade<\/a> will also be reformed into a coastal defense brigade in the near future.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_excerpt":"A second coastal defense brigade has been established within the Navy's structure.","post_author":"3620","post_date":"2025-01-12 23:36:29","post_date_gmt":"2025-01-12 22:36:29","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"another-coastal-defense-brigade-has-been-formed","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:44:31","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:44:31","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=41599","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"9","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15146","comment_post_ID":"41599","comment_author":"Dobbsie","comment_author_email":"Dobbsie1960@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2607:fb90:8b2e:99ac:25ff:b03d:5ee4:8708","comment_date":"2025-01-14 17:50:54","comment_date_gmt":"2025-01-14 16:50:54","comment_content":"Thanks Jerome. The name's a bit of a red herring, since it sounds like they sit around waiting for an amphibs invasion!","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/131.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 Edg\/131.0.0.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15144","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15146"},{"comment_ID":"15145","comment_post_ID":"41599","comment_author":"Frank. F","comment_author_email":"celavox.team@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"193.81.227.111","comment_date":"2025-01-13 22:46:31","comment_date_gmt":"2025-01-13 21:46:31","comment_content":"Could they just stay like territorial brigades (just infantry) with little to no armored vehicles?","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit\/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version\/16.6 Safari\/605.1.15","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15144","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15145"},{"comment_ID":"15144","comment_post_ID":"41599","comment_author":"Jerome Rendall","comment_author_email":"info@militaryland.net","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.112.33.166","comment_date":"2025-01-13 20:53:01","comment_date_gmt":"2025-01-13 19:53:01","comment_content":"Basically a mix of marine and mechanized brigade.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:134.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/134.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15138","user_id":"1","pod_item_id":"15144"},{"comment_ID":"15143","comment_post_ID":"41599","comment_author":"Jerome Rendall","comment_author_email":"info@militaryland.net","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.112.33.166","comment_date":"2025-01-13 20:52:28","comment_date_gmt":"2025-01-13 19:52:28","comment_content":"We are waiting for confirmation.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:134.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/134.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15142","user_id":"1","pod_item_id":"15143"},{"comment_ID":"15142","comment_post_ID":"41599","comment_author":"Vader","comment_author_email":"vadershow20@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"95.109.157.60","comment_date":"2025-01-13 20:36:50","comment_date_gmt":"2025-01-13 19:36:50","comment_content":"According to information on the net, the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/ukrainian-navy\/126th-territorial-defense-brigade\/\" rel=\"ugc\">126th Territorial Defense Brigade<\/a> (it's mentioned in this article) will be converted to the 39th Coastal Defense Brigade, and it will be the third Coastal Defense Brigade.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/131.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15140","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15142"},{"comment_ID":"15141","comment_post_ID":"41599","comment_author":"retro52","comment_author_email":"antonov.ukraine@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"176.104.7.147","comment_date":"2025-01-13 15:29:40","comment_date_gmt":"2025-01-13 14:29:40","comment_content":"These, essentially, are not new units, just a rebranding of the already existing ones. I suppose they will change the structure to something resembling motorized\/mechanized brigades, maybe with some marine focus aka some river boat units or specialized divers, but the 'core' of the brigade would remain the same.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/131.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15138","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15141"},{"comment_ID":"15140","comment_post_ID":"41599","comment_author":"Frank. F","comment_author_email":"celavox.team@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"193.81.227.111","comment_date":"2025-01-13 11:47:19","comment_date_gmt":"2025-01-13 10:47:19","comment_content":"looks like number 39 was left out, could be the 3rd Coastal Defense Brigade","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit\/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version\/16.6 Safari\/605.1.15","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15140"},{"comment_ID":"15139","comment_post_ID":"41599","comment_author":"John","comment_author_email":"newdimension1331@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2601:18c:8183:be30:d069:2212:5e7a:25ac","comment_date":"2025-01-13 06:44:41","comment_date_gmt":"2025-01-13 05:44:41","comment_content":"Excellent question","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/131.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"15138","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15139"},{"comment_ID":"15138","comment_post_ID":"41599","comment_author":"dobbsie","comment_author_email":"dobbsie1960@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2607:fb90:8b2e:99ac:39f7:7fe3:189f:9739","comment_date":"2025-01-13 04:07:59","comment_date_gmt":"2025-01-13 03:07:59","comment_content":"Jerome, what's a coastal defense brigade? And did this happen before the president put a hold on new units until existing units were brought to full strength? \r\n\r\nThanks","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/131.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 Edg\/131.0.0.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15138"}],"_thumbnail_id":["41601","3620","2025-01-12 23:23:31","2025-01-12 22:23:31","","34th coastal defense thumbnail","","inherit","open","closed","","34th-coastal-defense-thumbnail","","","2025-01-12 23:23:31","2025-01-12 22:23:31","","41599","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/34th-coastal-defense-thumbnail.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","41601"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1063","object_id":"85345","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"391","object_id":"85393","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"298","object_id":"85345","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"}],"post_format":false,"id":41599},{"ID":42344,"post_title":"Official: 124th Brigade becomes 34th Coastal Brigade","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 124th Territorial Defense Brigade, based in Kherson Oblast, has been officially reformed as the 34th Coastal Defense Brigade, as confirmed by the unit\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/brigadeTRO\">official social media accounts<\/a>. MilitaryLand was <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/army\/another-coastal-defense-brigade-has-been-formed\/\">the first to report<\/a> on the creation of the 34th Coastal Defense Brigade on January 12, 2025. At that time, the unit had already received its new insignia, which was exclusively redrawn for the website by our contributor davomme.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":41597,\"sizeSlug\":\"medium\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"uniqueID\":\"42344_e8775b-40\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image42344_e8775b-40\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img src=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/i_34thcoastaldefensebrigade-350x400.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-41597\"\/><figcaption><em>Insignia of 34th Coastal Defense Brigade<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The 34th Coastal Defense Brigade remains part of the 30th Marine Corps of the Ukrainian Navy and retains its military unit number. The reformation and approval of the new emblem are officially dated February 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Official statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>Friends, an important moment has come in the life of our brigade. We have walked a long, heroic, and at the same time challenging path. A path that began back in 2020 when the 124th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade was formed. We were formed from motivated volunteers who knew what they were fighting for and did not wait for orders to defend their homeland. Together, we faced the enemy in the first days of the full-scale invasion. <\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>In the spring of 2024, our history took a new turn \u2013 we became part of the 30th Marine Corps of Ukraine. And from February 1, 2025, our unit officially acquires a new name and insignia. From now on, we are the 34th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade of the 30th Marine Corps of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine!<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/blockquote>\n<!-- \/wp:quote -->","post_excerpt":"The previous details have been now confirmed through the official sources.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-02-03 09:46:29","post_date_gmt":"2025-02-03 08:46:29","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"official-124th-brigade-becomes-34th-coastal-brigade","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-03 09:46:32","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-03 08:46:32","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=42344","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["41601","3620","2025-01-12 23:23:31","2025-01-12 22:23:31","","34th coastal defense thumbnail","","inherit","open","closed","","34th-coastal-defense-thumbnail","","","2025-01-12 23:23:31","2025-01-12 22:23:31","","41599","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/34th-coastal-defense-thumbnail.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","41601"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1063","object_id":"85345","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":42344},{"ID":78511,"post_title":"Ukrainian Marines Reform Coastal Defense Brigades","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Ukrainian Marine Corps, operating under the Ukrainian Navy, has announced a comprehensive reform process affecting all coastal defense brigades under its command \u2014 namely the 34th, 39th, and 40th Coastal Defense Brigades.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>All three formations were established just over a year ago. They originated from two Territorial Defense Brigades and one Mechanized Brigade that had been transferred to the 30th Marine Corps and subsequently reorganized. The 40th Coastal Defense Brigade, formed on the basis of the 150th Mechanized Brigade, became the first coastal defense brigade created within the Ukrainian Armed Forces since 2015.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the time of their formation, these brigades were widely assessed as hybrid structures, combining elements of mechanized and marine units. Their role appeared primarily defensive, with a focus on protecting critical infrastructure and maintaining security along riverine and coastal lines.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:kadence\/advancedheading {\"uniqueID\":\"78511_eadab0-ef\",\"markBorder\":\"\",\"markBorderStyles\":[{\"top\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"right\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"bottom\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"left\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"unit\":\"px\"}],\"tabletMarkBorderStyles\":[{\"top\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"right\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"bottom\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"left\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"unit\":\"px\"}],\"mobileMarkBorderStyles\":[{\"top\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"right\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"bottom\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"left\":[null,\"\",\"\"],\"unit\":\"px\"}]} -->\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading78511_eadab0-ef wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading78511_eadab0-ef\">Restructuring<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:kadence\/advancedheading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On March 1, 2026, all three brigades were officially redesignated as <strong>Marine Brigades<\/strong>, increasing the total number of active Marine Brigades from four to seven. 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Soldiers of these brigade's would now also undergo preparation for specialized, amphibious assault operations, ranging from landing from ships, boats, and helicopters, and greater training in crossing water obstacles.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Additionally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ukraine\/ukrainian-navy\/34th-marine-brigade\/\" data-type=\"unit\" data-id=\"41596\">34th Coastal Defense Brigade<\/a>, now the <strong>34th Marine Brigade<\/strong>, has received a new insignia as part of its reformation. 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