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	Netherlands Marine Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Korps Mariniers is the marine corps of the Netherlands, and is part of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
		The Corps was founded on 10 December 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War by the unofficial leader of the republic Johan de Witt and Admiral Michiel de Ruyter as the Regiment de Marine.
		It was the fifth European Marine unit formed, being preceded by the Spanish Marines (1537), the Portuguese Marines (1610), the French Marines (1622) and the British Marines (1664).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dutch_Marine_Corps (1478 words)

	Dutch Counter Terrorist Unit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The BBE is part of the Dutch Marine Corps and have their home at the Van Braamhouckgeest Marine base in Doorn (The Nethelands).
		As part of the Dutch Marine Corps, the BBE falls under the responsibility of the Dutch Royal Navy and, as such, under the responsibility of the Dutch Ministry of Defense.
		Marines that volunteer to serve, will have to complete a 26 week long selection and training, which is quite a few levels harder than the normal Marines’ selection.
	www.cybcity.com /dnsclan/ctu_real.htm (1105 words)

	Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Marines are usually a branch of acountry's navy, often designated a corps ratherthan a service.
		On the battlefield, the field corps is thehighest level of the forces that is concerned with actually fighting and winning the war.
		Corps are designated by consecutive Roman numerals.The present active corps in the US Army are I Corps ("eye core"), III Corps, V Corps, and XVIII Airborne Corps ; their numbers derive from four of the30-odd corps that were formed during World War II.
	www.vermontreview.com /edge/3740-beaufortmarinecorpsairstation.html (694 words)

	United States Marine Corps History
		The word Marine is derived from the Latin word mare, meaning "sea." The most significant exploits by such troops were probably during World War II, when fighting men of the United States Marine Corps were landed on island beaches throughout the Pacific theater of war.
		The Marine motto is Semper fidelis, meaning "always faithful." The term leathernecks comes from the fl leather collars the Marines used to wear, probably to protect their necks from swords and cutlasses.
		Although individual Marines continued to be enlisted for and to serve in the few U.S. armed vessels of the period (such as revenue cutters), no Corps organization again existed until 11 July 1798, when Congress re-created the Marine Corps as a military service.
	marinecorpsbrotherhood.usmchq.com /custom.html (3754 words)

	History
		The Korps Mariniers or Royal Netherlands Marine Corps may not be as well known as their British counterparts, The Royal Marines, but they are no less highly trained and capable of handling any situation anywhere across the globe.
		During World War II, the Royal Dutch Marines together with their Dutch Army counterparts fought bravely to defend the river bridges of Rotterdam against the invading forces of the Third Reich between 10 and 15 May 1940.
		When the surrender was declared and the Dutch soldiers came out of their positions, the German commander who was expecting a full battalion of men was stunned to see only a few Dutch Marines emerge in their fl uniforms.
	dutchmarines.homestead.com /History.html (959 words)

	Interview with Felix Bakker, Korps Mariniers
		The marines who were sent to the USA were sent for the purpose of the organisation of a Dutch Marine Brigade, March 1943.
		The "Marine Bataljon" surrendered on the 20 March 1942 in the village of Pasirian near the southcoast, as the only intact and well-organised unit of the 3rd KNIL Division, that had seen any action.
		As I earlier wrote, our marine officers did not believe in it, and according to a special radio-broadcast from Bandung by a high military authority (I do not know who that was), we all had strictly order to surrender, otherwise we were considered deserters and responsible for enemy reprisals against our families in the cities.
	www.geocities.com /dutcheastindies/bakker.html (6178 words)

	Marine
		Marines compose a branch of a country's navy, often designated a corps rather than a service.
		Marines are naval infantry, specialising in fighting on ships and conducting amphibious assaults[?].
		Dutch Royal Marines - (established December 10, 1665)
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Marine.html (109 words)

	Brother Marines From Around The World
		The Marine Corps was established in 1665 on the initiative of Michiel de Ruyter and Johan de Witt.
		The Korps Mariniers as the Dutch Marines are officially are part of the Dutch armed forces (Royal Netherlands Navy) that operates all over the world and whose operational area is where water meets land.
		All the world's Marine Corps fall in a deep crisis, and the Infantera de Marina was not an exception (despite of the succesful Alhucemas amphibious assault in 1925, wre it was first emloyed air and naval gunfire support).
	marinecorpsbrotherhood.usmchq.com /favorite_links.html (7970 words)

	The Marines
		To serve in the Marine Corps is to serve in an organization that demands and delivers excellence beyond all others.
		Although the current ranks of the Royal Marines number quite small compared to today's US Marines (7,000 vs. 175,000), both Corps of Marines have stood side by side in conflicts around the globe and maintain their close ties.
		The regiment was raised mainly from the Trained Bands of the City of London from which the Royal marines derive the privilege of marching through the City of London with Colours flying, drums beating and bayonets fixed.
	www.acidus.com /marines.html (655 words)

	Royal Dutch Marines
		The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat.
		The Marine Corps they helped build is the one that promoted its first African American pilot, Frank E. Petersen, to the rank of three-star general; it is the one that developed Major General (retired) Charles Bolden, Jr.
		This Corps is the place that retired Staff Sergeant Glynis A. Harvey came to love enough to write a poem about the foundation the Montford Point Marines, which provided for her success and the success of many other young people who came after her.
	www.mpma28.com /page/page/2271437.htm (4925 words)

	SFOR Informer Online: Six nations, one mission
		The Dutch Marine Corps (Korps Mariniers) was established in 1665.
		The First Marine Battalion, the Amphibious Section (frogmen), the Boat Company (landing craft) and a 120 mm Mortar Company are integrated in the 3 Commando Brigade of the British Royal Marines.
		During DR 02, the Dutch Marines' basic mission was the reinforcement of Multinational Division South West.
	www.nato.int /sfor/indexinf/148/p07a/t02p07a.htm (1058 words)

	Sheerness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sheerness was the focus of an attack by the Dutch navy in June 1667, when 72 hostile ships during the Raid on the Medway compelled the little "sandspit fort", to surrender and landed a force which for a short while occupied the town.
		Impressed by the civil behavior of the Dutch marines - they paid for their dinner - the town reinvited the Dutch Marine Corps for the third centennial of the raid.
		Pepys at Gravesend remarked in his diary "we do plainly at this time hear the guns play" and in fear departed to Brampton in Huntingdonshire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sheerness (428 words)

	Marine Corps International Education and Training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		They encompass most Marine Corps military occupational specialties, from aviation to supply and included most Marine Corps weapons systems, from assault amphibian vehicle to non-lethal weapons.
		Saudi Arabia, Marine Corps Training assistance Group (MCTAG) which provides assistance to the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, Marine and Special Naval Security Forces in the areas of training, maintenance, doctrine development and exercise support.
		The benefit to the Marine Corps of having a relationship with these officers is far-reaching.
	disam.osd.mil /itm/Articles/MarCorpsIntlTng.htm (1612 words)

	Marine Corps Times
		The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal is the only Navy award to begin as a ribbon and evolve into a medal.
		Flying was different in the late 1920s: Navy and Marine aviators and gunners breezed through the sky in fabric-covered biplanes with open cockpits, exposed to the elements.
		Among the reams of paper was the faded recommendation nominating another Marine for the Medal of Honor for his heroism on a battle-scarred hilltop in the closing days of World War II.
	www.marinecorpstimes.com /channel.php?GQID=292308 (5457 words)

	Marine Corps Security Force Battalion
		Service with the fleet is the oldest and original duty of Marines, dating from the Athenian fleets of the fifth century BC, carrying on through Roman times when separate legions of "milites classiarii" (soldiers of the fleet) were assigned to duty afloat.
		In the seventeenth century, the British and Dutch organized the first modern Corps of Marines in the western world for duty as ship's detachments and naval security ashore.
		Additionally, within the battalion's structure is a training establishment that produces the most deadly multi-weapon, small arms marksmen in the Marine Corps, as well as the nation's only dedicated military anti-terrorism forces, the First and Second Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST) companies.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usmc/mcsfbn.htm (516 words)

	Articles - BBE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Bijzondere Bijstands Eenheid (Special Assistance Unit, BBE) is a Dutch counterterrorism unit.
		It is part of Netherlands Marine Corps and was founded in the 1970s after the Munich massacre at the Olympics on 5 September 1972, when eight Palestinian terrorists took nine Israeli athletes hostage and killed two others.
		On February 22nd 1973 the Dutch government decided to create a special counterterrorist unit.
	www.kimia-sains.com /articles/BBE (403 words)

	Marine Corps News
		This was a personalized, Marine Corps oriented tour of the Arlington National Cemetery with our own private trams and exclusive access to off route locations the general public doesn't see.
		I have often said that pride is the high octane fuel of the Marine Corps.
		And it is this Corps that produced such men as Ira Hayes, and the two lonely warriors that came all the way from Arizona at no small expense just to pay homage to their fallen brother.
	www.usmcvta.org /marinetopics/marinenews3.htm (5060 words)

	Marine Corps Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Richard Lee, wounded former Marine of Vietnam vintage, has produced a first novel that is “predictable” in a way that makes a very easy read.
		Being the Marine we would all like to be, Dutch goes to ground zero to help with damage control.
		Although developing a simple theme, Lee’s story will pluck the heartstrings of every Marine family that has lived through multiple deployments, hard-to-balance priorities, and the ever-dreaded knock on the door by the local chaplain.
	www.mca-marines.org /gazette/0406armstrongBR.html (379 words)

	United States Marine Corps - Image Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Combat engineer Marines discovered a mortar tube, more than 200 artillery shells in sizes ranging from 60 mm to 155 mm, four.50 caliber machine gun barrels plus more than 2000 rounds of ammunition and approximately 1000 7.62 mm rounds, 600 of which were armor piercing.
		Marines with 4th Platoon, Company A, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, which is in direct support of 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, excavate.50 caliber machine gun rounds that they discovered buried in a field on the southern outskirts of the city here Aug. 15.
		The Marines of the IIP receive new gear that is not readily available through the supply system and high dollar-value gear to distribute to units throughout the Marine Corps.
	www.usmc.mil /marinelink/image1.nsf/imagearchive?OpenForm&Start=12804&Count=1000&ExpandView (7400 words)

	Paul Verhoeven.net - all about a unique director (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Serving with the Royal Dutch Navy, Paul Verhoeven was assigned to the Marine Film Service as a documentary filmmaker.
		The highlight of this period was Verhoeven's selection to make a celebratory film marking the tercentenary of the Marine Corps.
		The grand scale result was "The Marine Corps" (Het Korps Mariniers), a stunning 23 minute documentary honored with the Silver Sun for military films in France.
	www.paulverhoeven.net /films/hetkorpsmariniers/hetkorpsmariniers.htm (91 words)

	UFC 2001: The Competition
		Friday afternoon around 14:00 hours the contenders were checked in and at 16:00 hours they were informed by a briefing and powerpoint presentation about the weekend, the disciplines, security and the regulations.
		During the training all contenders were provided by the Marine Corps with all the food and drinks.
		As closing of a great weekend the Marines surprised the contenders and the organisation with a well organised BBQ.
	www.ufc.nl /ufc/EN/ufc2001_DeWedstrijd.htm (960 words)

	Rotterdam Marketing
		This location has great symbolic value for the Royal Dutch Navy-Marine Corps, a subdivision of the Royal Dutch Navy.
		The Mariniersmuseum brings the centuries of the corps' history to life - from historic boarding battles to international peace mission.
		The corps still fulfils an important role in the armed forces, especially because the marines can be deployed "As far as the world is wide".
	www.mediaport.org /~vvv/engels/toeristische_info/musea/mariniers.htm (130 words)

	Marine Corps Top 10 Websites
		Members of the Marine Corps League join together in camaraderie and fellowship for the purpose of preserving the traditions and promoting the interests of the United States Marine Corps.
		A website dedicated to Marines and Navy Corpsmen with a no charge locator registry with the goal to reunite and remember personnel who served with the 26th Marine Regiment between 1966 to 1970 during the Vietnam War.
		Keeping the Marine Corps spirit alive for those who have served, are presently serving or will serve in the future.
	www.leatherneck.com /topsites/list.php?status=NF (909 words)

	Dutch army officer collects 10,000 Euros for quake victims
		ROTTERDAM, Dec 13 (SANA): An Officer of the Dutch Marine Corps, 1st Lt. Mien Heyman has collected and donated over 10,000 Euros for the victims of the earthquake in Pakistan.
		When he entered the hall at Ahoy in Rotterdam he was greeted by the thousands of marines and former marines who had gathered as part of the days celebrations.
		Pakistan’s Charge d’ Affaires in the Netherlands who was present on the occasion warmly thanked Lt. Heyman for his noble deed which he said would long be remembered by the people of Pakistan.
	www.kashar.net /complete.asp?id=2818 (165 words)

	Showbrassband Thalita
		An English gala show and a Marine show, performed in a white uniform, identical to the tropical uniform of the Dutch Marine Corps.
		As time went by, the anniversary year, 1989, came closer and this was celebrated with an anniversary concert, in cooperation with the steel band of the Dutch Marine Corps.
		In 1991, the present chairman (since 1986) Bart Beun joined Thalita to instruct the drummers and to be in charge of the show exercises.
	www.thalita.nl /en/content_thalita1.htm (409 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - HMS Albion all tanked up for the States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The tanks will join French armoured reconnaissance vehicles as well as vehicles of the Royal Marines and the Dutch Marine Corps for Exercise Rapid Alliance, which will be conducted on the extensive US Marine Corps training areas in North Carolina.
		The core of the landing force is made up of Bickleigh-based 42 Commando Royal Marines and a battalion of the 1st Royal Netherlands Marine Corps.
		The ships will be joined off the eastern seaboard of the States by another UK task group, led by aircraft carrier HMS Invincible, which includes Type 22 frigate HMS Cornwall and a mine countermeasures group – amounting to the largest peacetime maritime deployment for some years.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2004/0405/0004052101.asp (427 words)

	General Pervez Musharraf - News & Events: Latest News & Events
		An Officer of the Dutch Marine Corps, 1st Lt. Mien Heyman has collected and donated over 10,000 Euros for the victims of the earthquake in Pakistan.
		His mission concluded on December 10 coinciding with the 340th anniversary of Royal Netherlands Marine Corps.
		Thousands of former marines greeted Heyman when he entered the hall at Ahoy in Rotterdam who had gathered as part of the days celebrations.
	www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk /NewsEventsDetail.aspx?NewsEventID=2756 (168 words)

	USMMA Regimental Band Director
		Prior to Captain Force's appointment to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy as Director of Music in 1971, he was the Band Director of the Port Chester High School Band in Port Chester, New York.
		In 2002, Captain Force was made an honorary member of the Alumni of the Merchant Marine Academy (a rare occurrence).
		Also in 2002, the USDAN Center for the Performing Arts honored Captain Force with a lifetime achievement award, along with actor Alan Alda and Betty Allen, from the Metropolitan Opera.
	www.usmma.edu /band/director.htm (768 words)

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