Royal Army
Training Command
Commando
Opleidingen Koninklijke Landmacht (COKL)
Part
I | Part II | Part III | Part
IV
Unit |
Location |
Peace
Strength |
War
Strength |
Staff
Royal Army
Training Command [a] |
Amersfoort |
60/29/15/22
(126) |
– |
Physical
Education/Sports Organisation |
Amersfoort |
28/353/-/3
(384) |
– |
Lebanon
Training Detachment [b]
|
Veldhoven |
1/2/1
(4) |
– |
Ground-Air
Cooperation Training Centre |
Arnhem |
7/3/3/1
(14) |
– |
Commando Corps |
Roosendaal |
11/55/45/13
(124) |
– |
Infantry
Training Centre [c] |
Harderwijk |
76/316/329/107
(828) |
– |
Cavalry
Training Centre [d] |
Amersfoort |
71/355/369/138
(933) |
– |
Artillery
Training Centre [e] |
Breda |
94/261/247/133 (735) |
– |
Notes
a. |
Peacetime
organisation. On mobilisation Royal Army Training Command would close
down and most of its personnel would go to their mobilisation
destinations in first-line units, whilst the remaining personnel would
form Army Training and
Replacement Command. Staff, Royal Army
Training Command would become Staff and Staff Company, Army Training
and Replacement Command.
It would appear that the core elements ("kern") mentioned
under
the training centres below would also transfer to Army Training and
Replacement Command.1 |
b. |
Trained conscript
personnel for service with the Infantry
Company (UN) in
Lebanon, which was part of the United Nations Interim Force In
Lebanon (UNIFIL).
The
detachment was formed in February 1984 and disbanded in May
1986,
after the government in October 1985 decided to end the Netherlands
contribution to UNIFIL.2 |
c. |
Elements
in
Harderwijk: core (kern), Infantry Shooting School (Infanterie
Schietschool,
ISS), Infantry Tactical School (Infanterie Tactiekschool,
ITS).
Element in Ermelo: Infantry Reserve-Officer and Cadre School
(School
Reserve-Officieren en Kader Infanterie, SROKI). Element
in Harskamp: Infantry
Firing Range (Infanterieschietkamp, ISK). |
d. |
Elements
in Amersfoort: core (kern), Cavalry School
(Cavalerieschool, CAVS), Cavalry Vocational Training School Squadron
(Schooleskadron Beroepsopleidingen Cavalerie, SEBOC), Cavalry
Reserve-Officer School (School Reserve-Officieren Cavalerie, SROC),
Cadre School Squadron (Kaderschooleskadron, KSE), Tank School
Battalion (Schoolbataljon Tanks, SBT), Reconnaissance School Battalion
(Schoolbataljon Verkenning, SBV). Element on the island of
Vlieland: Cavalry Gunnery Range
(Cavalerieschietkamp, CSK). |
e. |
Elements
in Breda: core (kern), Artillery School Breda (Artillerieschool Breda,
ASB). Elements in 't Harde: Artillery
School Oldebroek (Artillerieschool Oldebroek, ASO), Artillery
Firing Range (Artillerieschietkamp, ASK). Element in Ede: Anti-Aircraft
Artillery
School) (Luchtdoelartillerieschool, LUAS). Element in Den
Helder: Anti-Aircraft Artillery Firing Range
(Luchtdoelartillerieschietkamp, LUASK). The artillery and
anti-aircraft artillery firing ranges would remain operational in
wartime; on mobilisation they would be placed under Army
Training and
Replacement Command. |
Part
I | Part II | Part III | Part
IV
Unit |
Location |
Peace
Strength |
War
Strength |
Engineer
Training Centre [a] |
Vught |
61/344/258/84
(747) |
– |
Nuclear,
Biological and Chemical School |
Breda |
8/7/2/4
(21) |
– |
Military
Intelligence School |
Harderwijk |
20/11/3/21
(55) |
– |
Signals
Training Centre [b] |
Ede |
68/326/144/95
(633) |
– |
Technical
Service Training Centre [c] |
Utrecht |
65/397/20/106
(588) |
– |
Technical
Specialists Training Centre South [d] |
Roermond |
8/30/5/6
(49) |
– |
Transport Training
Centre |
Tilburg |
17/35/13/13
(78) |
– |
52
Light Transport Company [e] |
Tilburg |
5/17/92 (114) |
5/16/141 (162) |
Notes
a. |
Elements
in Vught: core (kern), Miner and Sapper School (Mineurs- en
Sappeursschool, MSS), Engineer Officer and Cadre School (School
Officieren en Kader Genie, SOKG), Engineer Initial Training
School (School Initiële Opleidingen Genie, SIOG), Engineer Special
Training School (School Speciale Opleidingen Genie, SSOG), one
machinist school company, one mechanic school company and one
service support company. Elements in Den Bosch: Torpedoist and
Pontonier
School (Pontonniers- en Torpedistenschool, PTS), Bridge and Road School
(Bruggen- en Wegenschool, BWS). Element in Reek: training area. |
b. |
Comprised core element
(kern), two training companies, four instruction companies and
a ZODIAC
trial detachment. |
c. |
Elements
in Utrecht: core (kern), one school company and four instruction
companies. Elements in Soesterberg: two instruction companies. |
d. |
Comprised core element (kern)
and one school company. |
e. |
Peacetime
organisation: under command of 105
Transport Battalion in wartime. |
Part
I | Part II | Part III | Part IV
Unit |
Location |
Peace
Strength |
War
Strength |
Quartermaster
Training
Centre [a] |
Bussum |
49/139/33/40
(261) |
– |
Military
Medical Service Training Centre [b] |
Hilversum |
43/100/25/47
(215) |
– |
General
Training Centre [c] |
Den
Bosch |
12/71/3/11
(97) |
– |
Royal
Military School [d] |
Weert |
31/91/23/30
(175) |
– |
Advanced
Sub-Officer School [e] |
Weert |
14/10/3/2
(29) |
– |
Special
Officer Training Centre [f] |
Breda |
13/16/8/7
(44) |
– |
Training
Centre for Academic/Higher-Educated Personnel [g] |
Appingedam |
2/6/1/2
(11) |
– |
Notes
a. |
Elements
in Bussum included: core (kern), one school company, one instruction
company, three cadre companies. Element in Haarlem: cookery school. |
b. |
Comprised
core element (kern), one school company, one training company and two
companies (A and B Company). |
c. |
Elements
in Den Bosch: core (kern) and three training companies. Element in Grave: one training company. |
d. |
Handled the initial
military training and education of professional sub-officers.3 Comprised core
element (kern) and three school companies. |
e. |
Personnel
strength 16/12/3/2 (33) per September 1985. |
f. |
Enabled civilians,
reserve officers and professional sub-officers without a
pre-university
education
(vwo), but with a higher general secondary education (havo), to become
officers (primary
officer schooling). This was the so-called "B
programme" or "Second Way" to become an officer, the "A programme" or
"First Way" being provided by the Royal
Military Academy.
The "B" programme was shorter and more practice-oriented than
academic. "B" officers could not rise above the rank of
lieutenant-colonel, but most "A" officers didn't either.4 |
g. |
Comprised core element
(kern) and one school company. |
Part
I | Part II | Part III | Part IV
Unit |
Location |
Peace
Strength |
War
Strength |
Didactics
and Military Leadership Training Centre |
Grave |
10/8/4/9
(31) |
– |
Driver Training
Centre [a] |
Vught |
90/375/933/194
(1592) |
– |
Physical
Education Training Centre |
Ossendrecht |
8/15/3/3
(29) |
– |
Military
Administration Training Centre [b] |
Middelburg |
22/56/1/11
(90) |
– |
Royal Army
Training Command Peace Strength: 894/3428/2583/1102 (8007)5 |
Royal Army
Training Command War Strength:
– |
Notes
a. |
Core element (kern)
in Vught. Element in Eindhoven and Amersfoort: Driving and Traction
School
(Rij- en Tractieschool, RTS). Element
in Veldhoven: Armoured Infantry Driving and
Training Centre (Pantserinfanterie Rij- en Opleidingscentrum, PIROC).
Element in Bergen op Zoom and Ossendrecht: Driving
School
Bergen op Zoom (Driving School Bergen op Zoom, RSB).
Element in Tilburg, Raamsdonksveer and Harskamp: Driving
School
Tilburg
(Rijschool Tilburg, RST). Element in Venlo and
Grave: Driving School Venlo
(Rijschool Venlo, RSV). |
b. |
Elements
in Middelburg: core (kern) and two instruction companies. Element
in Ossendrecht:
one instruction company. |
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1. |
|
VS
2-1050/1A, VI-17 t/m 19. For a survey of Royal Army Training
Command see Oenema, Ontstaan
en organisatie, and Van Ree, 25
jaar COKL.
The role of the core elements is suggested by the use of the word
("kern") in NL-HaNA documents regarding the wartime personnel
replacement
system (see Army Training and
Replacement Command, footnote 5). |
2. |
|
Schoenmaker en
Roozenbeek, Vredesmacht,
384-385, 416. Archiefinventaris
NL-HaNA 2.13.213, 10. |
3. |
|
Schouwenaars, De
Koninklijke, 461. See also Bevaart, Vijftig jaar. |
4. |
|
Boekholt, De
opleiding. Kamminga, Het Opleidingscentrum.
Sinterniklaas, Officiersopleidingen,
583. See also Bevaart, Kort
maar Krachtig. |
5. |
|
Recruits not included. Selles, Personele
vulling, 456. |
|