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2 unusual facts about Netherlands Marine Corps


Netherlands Marine Corps

The Seabased Support Group (SSG) fields 98 men and coordinates maritime operational logistic support for Marine units embarked on one the Rotterdam-class amphibious transport docks.

They distinguished themselves in combat near the Dutch city of Tilburg in the autumn of 1944.


Report of the Panel on United Nations Peacekeeping

In combination with the service of MajGen Patrick Cammaert of the Royal Netherlands Marines, and the publication of the first book on Peacekeeping Intelligence, which was put on display at 1 UN Plaza, the Brahimi Report helped put an end to the era in which the United Nations considered "intelligence" to be a dirty word.


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