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'''Koninklijke Militaire School''' ('''KMS''') is a Dutch military school in the Netherlands training soldiers and non-commissioned officers for the Royal Netherlands Army.
==History== The KMS began as the Onderofficiers School (OOS), in 1952, in Weert; it was renamed KMS in 1961. The buildings had been constructed just before World War II, and had been used by the British Army to station troops after the liberation of the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://magazines.defensie.nl/landmacht/2015/01/sluiting-kms-weert|title=Adieu Weert|website=Magazines Defensie|access-date=12 June 2020|date=January 2015|language=nl}}</ref>
NCOs were formerly trained in the Van Hornekazerne in Weert, but the Dutch government decided to move those facilities to the Jan van Schaffelaerkazerne, in Ermelo,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/kms-definitief-weg-uit-weert~ae8252fb/?referrer=https://www.google.com/ |newspaper=Algemeen Dagblad |access-date=6 June 2020 |title=KMS definitief weg uit Weert |date=23 November 2012 |language=nl}}</ref> an operation that was completed in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.destentor.nl/veluwe/oudgedienden-cees-80-en-cees-67-leggen-ziel-en-zaligheid-in-militaire-collectie-in-kazerne-ermelo~a2347079/?referrer=https://www.google.com/ |newspaper=De Stentor |title=Oudgedienden Cees (80) en Cees (67) leggen ziel en zaligheid in militaire collectie in kazerne Ermelo |first=Sacha |last=Wundering |date=30 August 2019 |access-date=6 June 2020 |language=nl}}</ref> That move gave new life to the military installations in Ermelo, which had suffered severely when the Regiment Infanterie Oranje Gelderland was removed from the base. In 2018 the school in Ermelo was allotted more money to increase the number of graduates by 15% annually.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.destentor.nl/veluwe/soldatenopleiding-ermelo-krijgt-flinke-duw-in-de-rug~a68bf3bf/?referrer=https://www.google.com/ |newspaper=De Stentor |title=Soldatenopleiding Ermelo krijgt flinke duw in de rug |first=Olger |last=Koopman |date=12 July 2018 |access-date=6 June 2020 |language=nl}}</ref>
==Program== Lower ranks (soldiers and corporals) learn basic military skills at the Algemene Militaire Opleiding in one of three schools (School Noord in Assen; School Zuid in Oirschot; School Luchtmobiel in Arnhem). NCOs (sergeants to adjutants/warrant officers) are trained in three stages at the KMS in Ermelo. (The Koninklijke Militaire Academie trains commissioned officers.)
==Alumni== *Dési Bouterse,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/07/15/he-eindelijk-weer-eens-nieuws-uit-suriname-in-de-krant-11872221-a1566761|title=Hé, eindelijk weer eens nieuws uit Suriname in de krant|website=NRC Handelsblad|date=15 July 2017|access-date=13 June 2020|language=nl}}</ref> president of Suriname<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://historiek.net/index.php/Personen/Algemeen/desi-bouterse-1945.html |title = Historiek - Desi Bouterse (1945) | Algemeen | Personen |date = 4 March 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100304184914/http://historiek.net/index.php/Personen/Algemeen/desi-bouterse-1945.html |archive-date=4 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *Marco Kroon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alfredstaarman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Marko-Kroon-MWO-Arma.pdf|title=Kapitein Marco Kroon Ridder Militaire Willemsorde|website=Alfred Staarman (conservator National Military Museum)|access-date=13 June 2020|language=nl}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.defensie.nl/organisatie/landmacht/eenheden/otco/koninklijke-militaire-school School website]
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Category:Educational institutions established in 1952 Category:1952 establishments in the Netherlands Category:Military academies of the Netherlands Category:Education in Gelderland Category:Buildings and structures in Ermelo, Netherlands