Cool Dutch Marines Video

[gaijin6423]

Interacted with the ROK and Royal Thai Marines several times while stationed in Iwakuni (Cobra Gold '98 and a few other things). Those guys are hardcore.
We also had a Thai Marine in our company at TBS, and I got to haul ammo for the Brits while they were doing some training at Quantico. All of these services do the name "Marine" proud, whether on the battlefield, in the training area, or in the bar, that's for sure.

A little more on topic: Didn't the Dutch Marines do a terrorist take-down on a train a while back? I think I saw something on the Military Channel about it, but I was kind of drunk.

 

[MarineAir]

A little more on topic: Didn't the Dutch Marines do a terrorist take-down on a train a while back? I think I saw something on the Military Channel about it, but I was kind of drunk.

You're right. I saw that show too but can't find any reference to it on the military channel website or history channel. I was able to find this about that incident, http://www.specialoperations.com/Counterterrorism/De_Punt.html

 

[Fly Navy]

You will notice, however, that I've left the monkey spanking thread alone. It's been hard, but I've not yet succumbed to the temptation.

That must be Satan's temptation on that one

 

[markvanes]

In case you guys didn't notice, the incident was reenacted in the video. The train, and a school, were hijacked by South Moluccan terrorists. I saw the Discovery show too, and they did a great job, even using F-104s in low flyovers to disorient the terrorists. That's thinking outside the box.