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The Dutch Marines (Korps Mariniers Koninklijke) were founded on 10 December 1665 and have seen over three centuries of hard service around the world– and remain ready for whatever is asked of them today.

Royal Netherlands Marine Corps recruitment poster (c.1902) Dutch via Nationaal Archief Den Haag

To celebrate their 360th, a group of six veteran Marines and nine recruits will begin a 166.5 km march on 9 December from Den Helder via Amsterdam to Rotterdam, with the aim to wrap it up in 36.0 hours by 9 pm on 10 December.

That’s a bit over 103 miles.

I’m sure they will make it.