page_title: Netherlands Maritime Special Operations Forces
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: Netherlands Maritime Special Operations Forces / Operations
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Ontspannen koppen en veel grappen, maar in een oefening of operatie gaat de knop direct om. Het laat de professionaliteit zien van de veelzijdige Maritime Special Operations Forces (MARSOF)-operators. De mannen van de Afghan Territorial Force 888 mogen blij zijn met deze toptrainers. Andersom leren de Nederlandse special forces ook van de Afghanen. De maritieme special forces maken deel uit van het Special Operations Advisory Team (SOAT) dat de Afghanen binnen NAVO-missie Resolute Support de kneepjes van het SF-vak bijbrengt. ATF 888, actief in het noorden van Afghanistan, is een van de triple units, de speciale politie-eenheden van de Afghaanse overheid. Het Korps Commandotroepen (KCT) zette vorig jaar het trainingsprogramma op vanuit Camp Marmal bij Mazar-e-Sharif. De vierde rotatie is voor MARSOF. Het doel? Over 2 jaar moeten de Afghanen zelfstandig, met een helikopter of auto ergens heen verplaatsen. Maar ook hun eigen veiligheid waarborgen, een instap maken en iemand oppakken, die betrokken is bij terreur, drugshandel of zware criminaliteit.
context_page_description: The Netherlands Maritime Special Operations Forces is the special forces unit of the Marine Corps of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It is one of the three principal units tasked with special operations in the Netherlands. The unit can be deployed worldwide to conduct special operations, including counter-terrorism both overseas and domestically, with a maritime focus.
  The unit was created in 2013 with the merger of the Unit Interventie Mariniers and the Maritime Special Operations-company.
context_section_description: Since its establishment M-Squadron, and its predecessors BBE and UIM, and C-Squadron, and its predecessor MSO-Company, have conducted various famous operations. An overview of some notable operations the units have been involved in:
  1977 Dutch train hijacking.
  1978 Dutch province hall hostage crisis.
  2004 Siege and arrest of terrorists of the Hofstad Network
  Afghanistan (2005-2006): NLD Special Forces Task Group Orange as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
  2006-2007 Afghanistan: NLD Special Forces Task Group Viper as part of International Security Assistance Force.
  2009-2010 Afghanistan: Special Operation Task Group, TF-55, as part of International Security Assistance Force.
  2010 Liberation of MV Taipan.
  2015-2017 Mali: NLD Special Operations Land Task Group as part of MINUSMA.
  2015-present Iraq/Syria: Providing advice and assistance (A&A) to Iraqi and Peshmerga troops together with the Belgian SFG, as part of CJTF-OIR.
  2018-present Afghanistan: NLD Special Operations Advisory Team, providing advice and assistance (A&A) to Afghan Territorial Force 888 (ATF-888) in cooperation with the German KSK as part of NATO's  Resolute Support Mission.
  2019 Manhunt for the Utrecht tram shooter.
caption: NLMARSOF operators in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan during their deployment as part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission.
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