The Netherlands Royal Marines recently carried out their mid-term deployment tradition of cutting in half a wooden pole which symbolises having reached midway in their deployment in Sint Maarten. The two Marines were Commander of the Netherlands Royal Marines in Sint Maarten Major Patrick Wokke and Marine First Class Pieter Lammerse. The current crop of Marines is the second rotational detachment, which is on the island for a period of four months. The Marines operate from Marine Base Pointe Blanche which is located in Port St. Maarten.
