CHRONICLE #1 November 2020
Dear student, teacher, parent or any other interested reader, This year, a lot has changed. We’ve had online lessons, we started wearing face masks in school, we learnt everything about Teams and our school magazine got a new name. So, welcome to the very first edition of the St. Martin’s Chronicle, the online school magazine created by TTO students from Sintermeertencollege! For this first edition, the students from H2AT and V2BT worked really hard as the Chronicle’s editors in the first period of this school year to write enough articles to fill a whole magazine, which we are very proud of. You can read about all different kinds of topics, such as sports, technology, space, news and even an interview with a teacher from our school. Interested? Keep on reading and have fun!
Dear student, teacher, parent or any other interested reader,
This year, a lot has changed. We’ve had online lessons, we started wearing face masks in school, we learnt everything about Teams and our school magazine got a new name.
So, welcome to the very first edition of the St. Martin’s Chronicle, the online school magazine created by TTO students from Sintermeertencollege!
For this first edition, the students from H2AT and V2BT worked really hard as the Chronicle’s editors in the first period of this school year to write enough articles to fill a whole magazine, which we are very proud of. You can read about all different kinds of topics, such as sports, technology, space, news and even an interview with a teacher from our school.
Interested? Keep on reading and have fun!
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a day with two fighter planes.
These can stop or even shoot
down enemy aircraft. There are
also helicopters to transport
patients or rescue people from the
sea. Our air force is
also working abroad.
The navy was there
much earlier than the air
force. The navy works at
sea and takes care
for safety at sea. The
navy consists of two
parts: the Marine Corps
and the Fleet. The Fleet consists of
the various ships of the navy. For
example, aircraft carriers and
submarines. The Navy also has
helicopters. With the Fleet there
are working approximately 7,500
people. There are specially trained
people in the Marine Corps. They
work at sea and on land. They
help with war and fight
against terrorism. They also do
secret investigations and help
people.
The Marechaussee is the military
police of the Dutch armed forces.
You often see them in the fight
against riots at football matches.
Other tasks of the Royal
Netherlands Marechaussee
include guarding royal
palaces (The military police also
secured the Royal Household),
security at airports and helping
the 'normal' police.
After several terrorist attacks in
Europe, the Dutch government has
decided to set up the High-Risk
Security Eskadron (HRB
squadron) as part of the
Marechaussee.
Ranks in the military:
As you may already know, the
army has different ranks, which
indicates the status of a soldier.
For example, not every soldier is a
soldier, there are also corporals,
sergeants, lieutenants, captains,
majors, colonels and generals
within the army.
The rank of a soldier is indicated
on the uniform of a soldier. You
must now that the ranks for the
navy sometimes have a slightly
different designation than the
ranks for the army and air force.
Within the navy, for example,
there are ranks such as sailor,
captain at sea and rear admiral.
It is the same for the
Marechaussee, where ranks
sometimes have a different
designation…
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