Netherlands Marine Corps
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The Netherlands Marine Corps is the elite naval infantry corps of the Royal Netherlands Navy, one of the four Armed Forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The marines trace their origins to the establishment of the Regiment de Marine on 10 December 1665, by the then grand pensionary of the Dutch Republic, Johan de Witt and famous Admiral Michiel de Ruyter. It is the second-oldest still-active marine corps in the world.
The Raid on Chatham, the first action of the Dutch marines in 1667
Marine Corps monument in Rotterdam
Marine conscript aiming down the sights of Carl Gustaf anti-tank weapon during NATO exercise Northern Wedding in 1978
Marines on patrol during the multi-day Operation Ghat Mahay in the vicinity of Kakarak, Uruzgan in 2009
Royal Netherlands Navy
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The Royal Netherlands Navy is the naval force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is one of the four Netherlands Armed Forces. It was founded on 8 January 1488, making it the third-oldest naval force in the world.
The Battle of Scheveningen in 1653 during the First Anglo-Dutch War
HNLMS Java, ca. 1941
Piet de Jong, commanding officer of HNLMS Gelderland in 1958
The Standing NRF Maritime Group 1 in 2007 with HNLMS Evertsen second from the right