....the specialised amphibious power projection force found in the Royal Marines....
Ah yes....
Red-faced Royal Marines have been forced to beat a hasty retreat after storming a Spanish beach resort instead of the fortress rock of Gibraltar.
A map-reading glitch sent the 20-strong invasion force onto the beach at La Linea, the town on the frontier with the British colony, to the surprise of Spanish locals.
The marines were greeted by two local policeman who watched in amazement as the heavily armed troops rushed ashore from two launches on Sunday morning.
The mayor of La Linea, Juan Carlos Juarez, said: "They landed on our coast to confront a supposed enemy with typical Commando tactics."
"But we managed to hold them on the beach."
From BBC News 18 Feb 2002
Very specialised amphibious power projection. But at least they didn't have to surrender their iPods on that occasion.