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Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (Royal Dutch Marines) and US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Marines assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines (Kilo 3/25), participate in the Nassau Run during squad competition, as part of the Dutch Bilateral Training Exercise 2004, at Marine Base Parera, Curacao. The Exercise is an annual cooperative exchange between the USMCR and the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps where differing ideas and tactics are discussed and used in a field environment
US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Marines assigned Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines (Kilo 3/25), run into the water with combat rubber reconnaissance rafts at the beginning of a squad competition, while their Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (Royal Dutch Marine) counterparts watching from the rear, during the Dutch Bilateral Training Exercise 2004, at Marine Base Parera, Curacao. The Exercise is an annual cooperative exchange between the USMCR and the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps where differing ideas and tactics are discussed and used in a field environment
Royal Netherlands Marine Corps First Lieutenant (1LT) Koen Postma (right) a Royal Dutch Marine Platoon Commander of 1ST platoon, 31st Infantry Company Division (31 INFCDY), gives a safety brief to the US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Marines assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines (Kilo 3/25), at a rifle range in Curacao, Dutch Antilles, during the Dutch Bilateral Training Exercise 2004, at Marine Base Parera, Curacao. The Exercise is an annual cooperative exchange between the USMCR and the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps where differing ideas and tactics are discussed and used in a field environment
US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Marines assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines (Kilo 3/25), use an M240G machine gun to cover the perimeter of their patrol base after receiving fire from enemy forces on the range in Curacao, Dutch Antilles, during the Dutch Bilateral Training Exercise 2004, at Marine Base Parera, Curacao. The Exercise is an annual cooperative exchange between the USMCR and the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps where differing ideas and tactics are discussed and used in a field environment
Royal Netherlands Marine Corps Corporal (CPL) Tareq Manneken (right), a Royal Dutch Marine with the First Infantry Company, leads US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Valenti (center), and other Marines assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, on a tour of the base, during the Dutch Bilateral Training Exercise 2004, at Marine Base Parera, Curacao. The Exercise is an annual cooperative exchange between the USMCR and the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps where differing ideas and tactics are discussed and used in a field environment
US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Marines assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines (Kilo 3/25), carry 20-liter jugs of water up a hill during the Nassau Run, as part of the Dutch Bilateral Training Exercise 2004, at Marine Base Parera, Curacao. The Exercise is an annual cooperative exchange between the USMCR and the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps where differing ideas and tactics are discussed and used in a field environment
US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Marines assigned Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines (Kilo 3/25), run into the water with combat rubber reconnaissance rafts at the beginning of a squad competition, while their Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (Royal Dutch Marine) counterparts watching from the rear, during the Dutch Bilateral Training Exercise 2004, at Marine Base Parera, Curacao. The Exercise is an annual cooperative exchange between the USMCR and the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps where differing ideas and tactics are discussed and used in a field environment
US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Justin McCrory, Rifleman, Kilo Company (K CO), 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines (3/25), rappels down a cliff during a rappelling exercise on the island of Curacao during DUTCH BILATERAL TRAINING 2004. The Dutch Bilateral Training is an annual cooperative exchange between the US Marine Corps Reserves (USMCR) and the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps where differing ideas and tactics are discussed and tested in a field environment
US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Marines assigned Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines (Kilo 3/25), paddle a combat rubber reconnaissance rafts during a squad competition during the Dutch Bilateral Training Exercise 2004, at Marine Base Parera, Curacao. The Exercise is an annual cooperative exchange between the USMCR and the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps where differing ideas and tactics are discussed and used in a field environment
A platoon size element of Royal Dutch Marines from the First Infantry Company (left) stands in formation next to a platoon size element of US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Marines assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, during the Opening Ceremony for the Dutch Bilateral Training Exercise 2004, at Marine Base Parera, Curacao. The Exercise is an annual cooperative exchange between the USMCR and the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps where differing ideas and tactics are discussed and used in a field environment
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Marine Base Parera, Curacao
Country: Netherlands Antilles (ANT)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew Williams, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
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