Koninklijke Militaire School

Not to be confused with Koninklijke Militaire Academie.
Koninklijke Militaire School KMS Logo

Koninklijke Militaire School (KMS) is a Dutch military school in the Netherlands training soldiers and non-commissioned officers for the Royal Netherlands Army.

History

The KMS began as the Onderofficiers School (OOS), in 1952, in Weert; it was renamed KMS in 1961. The buildings had been constructed just before World War II, and had been used by the British Army to station troops after the liberation of the Netherlands.[1]

NCOs were formerly trained in the Van Hornekazerne in Weert, but the Dutch government decided to move those facilities to the Jan van Schaffelaerkazerne, in Ermelo,[2] an operation that was completed in 2015.[3] That move gave new life to the military installations in Ermelo, which had suffered severely when the Regiment Infanterie Oranje Gelderland was removed from the base. In 2018 the school in Ermelo was allotted more money to increase the number of graduates by 15% annually.[4]

Program

Lower ranks (soldiers and corporals) learn basic military skills at the Algemene Militaire Opleiding in one of three schools (School Noord in Assen; School Zuid in Oirschot; School Luchtmobiel in Arnhem). NCOs (sergeants to adjutants/warrant officers) are trained in three stages at the KMS in Ermelo. (The Koninklijke Militaire Academie trains commissioned officers.)

Alumni

References

  1. ^ "Adieu Weert". Magazines Defensie (in Dutch). January 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. ^ "KMS definitief weg uit Weert". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 23 November 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ Wundering, Sacha (30 August 2019). "Oudgedienden Cees (80) en Cees (67) leggen ziel en zaligheid in militaire collectie in kazerne Ermelo". De Stentor (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ Koopman, Olger (12 July 2018). "Soldatenopleiding Ermelo krijgt flinke duw in de rug". De Stentor (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Hé, eindelijk weer eens nieuws uit Suriname in de krant". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Historiek - Desi Bouterse (1945) | Algemeen | Personen". 4 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010.
  7. ^ "Kapitein Marco Kroon Ridder Militaire Willemsorde" (PDF). Alfred Staarman (conservator National Military Museum) (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 June 2020.