{"id":96826,"date":"2018-10-23T09:33:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T09:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f52e74a93bc920689857d150ae625538"},"modified":"2018-10-23T09:33:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T09:33:10","slug":"news-story-royal-marines-to-stage-demonstration-on-the-thames-for-netherlands-state-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=96826","title":{"rendered":"News story: Royal Marines to stage demonstration on the Thames for Netherlands state visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>As part of the state visit, King Willem-Alexander and Queen M\u00e1xima will attend the Dutch ship HNLMS Zeeland which will be anchored next to HMS Belfast.<\/p>\n<p>They will join The Duke of Kent on board and will be given a 10 minute display of the Royal Marines and Royal Netherlands Marines staging a joint on water capability demonstration.<br \/>\nBlank ammunition will be used during the display, which will take place on the morning of October 24.<\/p>\n<p>Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Our forces have worked closely with the Netherlands amphibious forces for more than 45 years, demonstrating world-class military integration.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, our Royal Marines are working alongside their Dutch counterparts in Norway as part of the Defence Arctic Strategy, which shows our deep shared commitment to European security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This state visit allows us to take stock and celebrate an enduring alliance with one of our closest defence partners.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Colonel Simon Scott OBE, Commanding Officer 1 Assault Group Royal Marines, said it would provide a realistic portrayal of a joint amphibious capability.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The display will be a short, sharp, clear demonstration of the joint amphibious capability provided by both 1 AGRM and the commandos from the Royal Netherlands Marines Corps.<\/p>\n<p>We train and operate extremely closely with our Dutch counterparts and are well practiced in our collaboration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The Royal Marines and Royal Netherlands Marines have a long history of serving together on operations across the globe, most recently offering humanitarian support to islands affected by Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This year also marks the 45th anniversary of the UK\/NL Amphibious Force, comprised of commandos from both nations, which acts as a single entity deployed in times of crisis across the globe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday 24 October, Royal Marine commandos will take part in a high octane demonstration on the Thames, along with their Dutch counterparts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}