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Photography - Dutch Army
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| Yes.
You've reached that certain age when you can actually
look back on your 'glory' days. So I inlcude my Dutch
Army photographs into this archive. Nostalgia here
we come. |
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Above
is a picture of your webmaster and his little tent.
You'll have to excuse the photo-quality as these pictures were
made with a small pocket camera.
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are basically two periods within this photocollection.
Basic Training and Active Duty. It was compulsory
to go in the Army in those days. Not any longer though.
I was just too clever for my own good. I wanted to
have this over with before I went to University. But
after the Army I went to University and by the time
I'd finished, Military Service was abolished ... was
a nice gap year though. |
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Basic Training
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Majesty's Armed Forces required my 'help' in the year
1989 (89-5). After having asked to go to the Airforce,
with second choice Navy, Her
Majesty (Queen Bee) decided I was to go to the
Army. Later I learnt you should never ask for that
what you want in the Armed Forces, as you will always
get the opposite .... how true. |
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basic training it was then. Her Majesty
decided I should join one of the Dutch Army's crack
forces. So off to the Militairy Administration I went.
Let's teach those pens a lesson they will never forget
! Three months I spent in Ossendrecht (don't bother
looking it up on the map, really, just don't bother)
and it turned out that my administrative skills were
OK, but I was one of the worst Infantry Soldiers on
the planet. But the actual military bit we had to
do was fun, so hence the pictures of people with grass
on their helmets. |
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Active Duty
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we move on. For some reason I thought lets make the
most of this, so I volunteered to go to Germany. We
had three bases there and I choose the biggest one,
only to fall for the Army trap again and ending up
at the smallest one, Langemannshof. I was assigned
as administrator to KAZCO Langemannshof. KAZCO means
"Barracks Commando". Basically a fancy name
for all personnell that made sure the Barracks ran
properly. For instance, all the waiters and cooks
in Langemannshof were assigned to this unit. Apart
from us there was a Tankbatallion (43 Tankbat) stationed
there. I also think 41 Palua Bat were there (air defense
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my first week our unit went to Berlin (separate picture
gallery). I had a good time at Langemannshof, it was
fun, and I am still in regular contact with John Bult,
a friend I met there. |
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had a wacky Major called Heuberger, a great Adjudant
called Van der Velde, an ambitious Sergeant called
Altena and also another sergeant called Meijer. Apart
from that we had Sergeants Bersma (always good for
a party) and Robbers. The rest of the names of the
'professional soldiers' I've lost due to my amnesia. |
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