page_title: Korps Commandotroepen
section_title: Colour
hierarchical_section_title: Korps Commandotroepen / Traditions / Colour
caption_attribution_description: English: Knighting of Gijs Tuinman, 2014. Image of all the knights present. From left to right Kenneth Mayhew, Marco Kroon, Gijs Tuinman.
context_page_description: The Korps Commandotroepen is the special forces unit of the Royal Netherlands Army. It is one of the three principal units tasked with special operations in the Netherlands armed forces. The KCT is tasked with conducting the full spectrum of special operations, focusing on direct action, special reconnaissance, military assistance and counter-terrorism in particular.
  The KCT traces its origins to the Second World War with the founding of No. 2 Troop, and the founding of the Korps Speciale Troepen during the Indonesian War of Independence. The corps is currently based at the Engelbrecht van Nassaukazerne in the city of Roosendaal, and consists of four active commando companies.
context_section_description: Prince Bernhard first awarded the men of No. 2 (Dutch) Troop with a red-white-blue fanion in December of 1943. In December of 1955, Queen Juliana finally awarded the corps its military colours. In December 2019, a Royal Decree announced that new battle honours were to be displayed on the colours of several units that deployed to Afghanistan, this included the KCT. The colour of the KCT currently displays the following embroidered battle honours:
  Arakan 1944
  Nijmegen 1944
  Eindhoven 1944
  Vlissingen 1944
  Westkapelle 1944
  Djokjakarta 1948
  Central Sumatra 1948-1949
  Uruzgan 2006-2007
  Helmand, Kandahar & Uruzgan 2009-2010
  In 2016, the Korps Commandotroepen was awarded the Military Order of William for bravery, leadership, and courage during operations in Afghanistan.
caption: Knights of the Military William Order, from left to right; Kevin mayhew, Marco Kroon and Gijs Tuinman.
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