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Monday 17 February 2020

News from our marines:

Company in de West holds final exercise on Curaçao

went into the dry dock to
start the second phase of
the maintenance_an im-
portant process of the up-
date.
At the dry dock mainte-
nance can be done on the
outside and bottom of the
ship which consists of new
paint layers and mainte-
nance to the ship rudders.
The Pelikaan has not been
SAVANETA — The Bravo Wonju Company of 11 Airmobile seen in the Caribbean
Brigade practiced for the last time in the Caribbean as since the beginning of No-
a rotating CIDW unit during the WONJU PATROL exercise. vember. She made a cross-
This time, the infantry battle groups were physically chal- ing to the Netherlands,
lenged under aggravated circumstances such as little with the first maintenance
sleep and limited eating. The soldiers are tested on skills started mid-December.
and drills, physical fitness and mental resilience to de- The ship will be operational
termine who the best infantry group within the rotating again in August. This is de-
unit is. The program included the Drie Gebroeders, repel- liberately planned so that
ling from the Juliana Bridge and activities in and around the ship can support one
the water. A new CIDW, rotation 33, will arrive at the end of the most important De-
of February. They are the Alpha Company of 11 Infantry fense tasks in this region:
Battalion Garderegiment Grenadiers and Hunters nick- supporting civil authorities,
named the "King Company". such as the provision of
emergency assistance fol-
Transport ship Commandant of the Navy in the Caribbe- lowing natural disaster.q
an on dry land in the Netherlands
The maintenance of Zr. Ms. Pelikaan is in full swing. Da-
men Shipyards Group will carry out a so-called "Mid-Life
Update" on the transport ship in the coming months. This
makes the ship usable again in the coming years.
Last week the Pelikaan was transferred from the main-
tenance jetty in Den Helder to Harlingen. Here the ship