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Dutch Marine Corps

Netherlands Marine Corps
Korps Mariniers
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Badge and Insignia of the Korps Mariniers
Active 10 December 1665 – present
(351 years, 10 months)
Country  Netherlands
Branch  Royal Netherlands Navy
Type Marine corps
Role Expeditionary Force
Rapid Reaction Force
Special Operations Force
Size ~ 2,300
Garrison/HQ 1 Marine Combat Group – Doorn
2 Marine Combat Group – Doorn
Special Operations Unit – Doorn
32nd Raiding Squadron – Aruba
Surface Assault and Training Group (SATG) – Texel
Nickname(s) "The Black Devils"
Motto(s) Qua Patet Orbis ("As Far as the World Extends")
Engagements Second Anglo-Dutch War
Third Anglo-Dutch War
War of the Spanish Succession
Battle of Texel
Battle of Seneffe
Battle of Dogger Bank
Bombardment of Algiers
Rotterdam Blitz
Battle of the Java Sea
Battle of Java
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
Commanders
Current
commander
Nl-marine-vloot-commandeur.svg Brigade-Generaal. Jeff Mac Mootry

The Korps Mariniers is the marine corps and amphibious infantry component of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The marines are trained to operate anywhere in the world in all environments, under any condition and circumstance, as a rapid reaction force. The Korps Mariniers can be deployed to any location in the world within 48 hours. Their motto is Qua Patet Orbis ("As Far As The World Extends").

The Dutch Marine Corps is the oldest branch of the armed forces of the Netherlands. The corps was founded on 10 December 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War by the Prime Minister of the Dutch Republic, Johan de Witt, and Admiral Michiel de Ruyter as the Regiment de Marine. Its leader was Willem Joseph van Ghent. The Dutch had successfully used ordinary soldiers in ships at sea in the First Anglo-Dutch War. It was the fifth European Marine unit formed, being preceded by the Spain's Infantería de Armada (1537), the Portuguese Marine Corps (1610), France's Troupes de marine (1622), and the English Royal Marines (1664). Like Britain, the Netherlands has had several periods when its Marines were disbanded. The Netherlands itself was under French occupation or control from 1810 until 1813. A new Marine unit was raised on 20 March 1801 during the time of the Batavian Republic and on 14 August 1806 the Korps Koninklijke Grenadiers van de Marine was raised under King Louis Bonaparte. The modern Korps Mariniers dates from 1814, receiving its current name in 1817.


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