On 2 April 1982, Argentine forces mounted amphibious landings of the Falkland Islands. The invasion involved initial defence organised by the Falkland Islands' Governor Sir Rex Hunt giving command to Major Mike Norman of the Royal Marines, the landing of Lieutenant-Commander Guillermo Sanchez-Sabarots' Amphibious Commandos Group on Mullet Creek, the attack on Moody Brook barracks, the engagement between the amphibious personnel carriers of Hugo Santillan and Bill Trollope marines east of Stanley and the battle and final surrender of Government House. It was the first engagement of the Falklands War.