The King recalled his own Royal Marines training - including navigating an underwater tunnel nicknamed the Sheep Dip - as he watched Kenyan marines stage an amphibious beach landing complete with gunfire and smoke grenades.
The marines, who are being trained by the Royal Marines as well as the US Marine Corps, are part of a five-year programme to create a marine corps which can help combat the al Qaeda-inspired al-Shabaab on the Somali border.
