Extremists and the military is a sensitive combination. The training of qualified fighter, access to weapons and possible access to state secrets are things you would rather not see that the average Nazi access there. It is conceivable that the same defense thinks about it. It is also completely but the question of what right-wing extremists to seek itself in the military have. defend the Dutch democracy? In Afghanistan, fight to protect the Muslim population?
Still, the military appears to be attractive to right-wing extremists. And strangely enough, the army appears there regularly to have been open in recent decades.
This mutual interest is sometimes more obvious than you might think at first. Recognizable values like patriotism, manhood, strongly hierarchical relationships and love for the use of weapons and violence were decades shared broadly. At the same time the anti-democratic ideas of many right-wing extremists can hardly be reconciled with the parliamentary democratic order, which should defend the army in Netherlands. And the use of learned fighting techniques for their own political ideals by right-wing extremists is not a pleasant prospect. Both right-wing extremists and the army in recent decades rather fickle deal with these dilemmas.
Indonesia
A clear illustration of this association is the deployment of former Waffen SS in Indonesia. Just a few years after the end of World War II, While many collaborators were still trapped, an unknown number of former Dutch SS was given the choice to fight or to be in prison against independence fighters in Indonesia. For the SS benefits were clear: prison and simultaneously a form of rehabilitation. For the military advantages were, however,. During the war years had only a handful of Dutch combat experience on the Allied side. There was a plurality of incorrect Dutch which had been engaged on the side of the Germans. In this way the military could make good use of their war experience. However, it had to remain secret, because this was not explaining to the Dutch people spoke for itself. 
Cold War
A few years later, the Cold War in full swing. This period would last about four decades. Almost the entire Western policy became strongly anti-communist oriented in those years. The same was true of course also for the Dutch army. That gave, besides the already mentioned positive aspects of the Army, an additional argument for right-wing extremists to enlist in the army: Also within the extreme right prevailed traditionally a strong anticommunist sentiment. Lots of choice there was in those years also not: The service was simply yet. Conversely, there was probably little reason to keep right-wing extremists outside the camp. For the same reasons,. The communists were driven haters, had understood hierarchy, interested in weapons and shared values such as masculinity and good physical.
A good example of dealing with right-wing extremists in the army at that time Jos Flachs gave some time ago in a message on the Internet. Flax is een Nederlandse right extremist, who has lived in Thailand for years, but is still actively involved in extreme right through websites such as those of the VNN and Holland Hardcore (usually under the pseudonym 'The Resident'). Flachs has worked for years in the Dutch army, amongst others Trooper. During a walk Flachs march began at one point singing a slightly modified version of the Nazi Horst Wessel Song and his colleagues sang along obediently. Flachs thought that none of his colleagues would know the song. Then came the group near civilization, gave the manager the order to sing something else. As long as no one but noted nip the military turned a blind eye on this kind of political sentiments, seems to have been the morale at this time. 
In this cold war period were several people in the career army, later known right-wing extremists would be. So JOOP GLIMMERVEEN moisture example in the Korean War. Korea was, after the Second World War, split into a northern and a southern section. The communist northern part was supported by China and the Soviet Union, the south by the United States. When North Korea 1950 the southern part attacked, this was the first major armed conflict of the Cold War. Under the banner of the United Nations fought troops from sixteen countries against North Korea, which was mainly supported by China. The war dragged on for three years.
During this time fought a little 4000 Dutch soldiers with, on a voluntary basis. One of them was JOOP GLIMMERVEEN. Glimmerveen itself as put forward three reasons to: "I wanted to be a soldier, desire for adventure and anti-communism '. Glimmerveen was several months in Korea, was injured and came back in the Netherlands after a year. #noot 1 In the sixties Glimmerveen then worked as a civilian in NATO. When he came into the picture more prominent and noisier, as leader of the Dutch People's Union, He was eventually 1975 fired. 
Croatia
Another particular example was Douwe van der Bos. Van der Bos was in the eighties at the same time professional soldier and active in the Centre Party. The story goes that he would have been involved in military action against Moluccan train hijackers in the seventies.
The knowledge that Van der Bos joined the army gained met him a few years later in handy. He was a pioneer of a very controversial project. In several Western European countries, including Germany, Belgium and Netherlands, were organized solidarity actions by right-wing extremist organizations in Croatia. That country claimed at the time of war to become independent of the "Communist" Yugoslavia. The leaders in the fight for independence appealed to strong nationalist sentiments, including the fraught history of World War II. The Ustasha regime was during the German occupation, a puppet government and helped the German army massacring Jews and battles against the partisans. This historical example inspired some of the Croatian militias freedom, including the so-called HOS militia. In Flanders and the Netherlands was organized by Outpost support to these militia. Douwe van der Bos was the main organizer in the Netherlands and recruited, through he founded 'Dutch-Croatian Werkgemeenschap' volunteers to fight on the side of the Croats. 'Real' right-wing extremists did not go to Croatia, or did not know how fast they had to come back when there actually was shot. Through the NKW was eventually fight alongside a group of Dutch in Croatia. What happened there exactly, never became very clear. One of the Dutch was captured by the Serbs and shot. A number of other members of the group over the course of time back to the Netherlands. They have since been accused by Serbia of committing war crimes. Following recent press coverage for this group were in last spring asked parliamentary questions about the little decisive action by the Dutch justice. Members of the group are beginning questioned again this year on possible war crimes. But those interrogations be characterized as 'cover-up interrogations'. The aim would be to this long-standing and troublesome case definitively on mountain.
Youth Front Netherlands
A third example, had the mid-eighties. In 1986 committed two soldiers, who were members of the Nazi Youth Front Netherlands (JFN), a number of attacks. They founded a mosque on fire and threw stones with swastikas in shops and cafes with Turkish owners. Furthermore, they stole several weapons from the barracks.
Blood & Honour
Whether one another voorbeeld is sound Steemers, former marine and since the early nineties active in the extreme right. In recent years he was particularly in focus as a board member of the Nationalist People's Movement (NVB). When a group NVB 'ers, helped by Blood & Honour-skinheads, Uitgeest antifascists attacked was well turned out to be useful military training. Steemers conducted the brawlers to hold their line, so that there could be effectively beaten.
Also interesting is a Nazi skinhead who has since the early nineties walking around in the extreme right scene. In addition, he has served a time in the Foreign Legion, and he's probably been active in the Dutch army.(#2) This has ougediende, as far as known, his military background never used for his political ideas. The reason we're mentioning him is a message he posted on the Internet. In spring 2007 Police raided the home of neo-Nazi Arris de Bruin. As a major arms discovery was made. A portion of this pale stuff De Bruin to have purchased from a friendly soldier. Shortly after this arrest the person reported on the discussion forum of Blood & Honour: "Unfortunately I am by this move of the Zionist system servants forced to temporarily remove my profile here I also expect visitors." Whether he thus suggested that he also had to do with the arms around Arris de Bruin or whether he means that he himself had guns in the house, is niet duidelijk.
Deliver stories like here now described dangerous situations? That is the question. The history of Douwe van der Bos who organized an extreme right-wing militia mercenaries and JFN'ers who committed right-wing extremist attacks while steel weapons seem at least undesirable. But it can be even much worse recently appeared in Belgium. A group of neo-Nazis in the Blood & Honour network wanted to prepare for the 'impending race war'. They took this seriously and preparing himself trained in various combat techniques. At the same time they put a gun arsenal. Moreover, took some of them serving in the Belgian army so they were militarily trained. When the Belgian judicial authorities eventually broke up the Nazi core an enormous amount of firearms confiscated. It then became clear what had taken place. In combat training and shooting exercises were next Belgian Blood & Honourable Members, Dutch also been involved. The main suspect in this case, Tomas Boutens, since his release is still active in right-wing extremist circles.(#3)
measures
These kinds of risks imaginable in the Netherlands, where it is taken into account in defense along? The answer to the first part of the question appears to be yes. The history and the above examples teach that right extremists could take the military service and there learned to use their political ideals. Until today take Dutch right-wing extremists in the army.
The answer to the second question is more complex. The sensitivity of defense in soldiers with extremist ideas has greatly increased in recent years. The immediate reason for this were a number of incidents involving soldiers on missions abroad (Cyprus, Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Afghanistan) which to say the least had an extreme right look. In 1995 , a group of Dutch soldiers in Srebrenica (Bosnia) For example, discredited because of racist attitudes against the Muslim civilian population and immigrant colleagues. In 1999 A similar incident took place with Dutch soldiers, which was part of a UN mission in Cyprus.
These incidents took part unrest within the military, but were also particularly bad for the image of the army abroad. That worked additional complicating, since the Dutch defense is increasingly focused more on peacekeeping missions in distant lands. Complicated missions in Muslim countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan can such incidents be missed if toothache. Military Intelligence DISS according to its own publications also actively looking for right-wing extremists in the Armed Forces. She writes about this in its annual reports: "DISS investigates extremism law, where the central question is whether the safety and preparedness of the armed forces to endanger.
Specifically, the research focuses on the identification of persons or groups of persons, employed or otherwise affiliated with Defence. Whether those people cleave to the right-wing extremist ideology and promote, but also whether they have links with right-wing extremist parties and organizations. (...) Involvement of Defence Staff at (putative) Right-wing extremism is examined in all cases by the DISS. (...) If so the results of an investigation give rise, is advised against the appointment as military by issuing a Declaration of No Objection " (VGB) refusing, or the VGB required to fulfill a confidentiality, withdraw. "
But then actually take action against right-wing extremists in the army. That is the question. It seems in any case that the bar has been quite a bit higher than in the eighties and nineties. There are occasionally turned to extreme right-wing activists or put out of the camp. At the same time there are also far-right activists who openly for their work come in the armed forces. And the motivation is not really changed over the years. As explained by a 19-year-old neo why he is in the army: "The army is a weapon of the state, Unfortunately, the state is now completely exhausted and I am ashamed to fight for this state. I serve my country well and learn useful techniques that may come early or late in handy. (...) Adolf Hitler, our Führer Adolf Hitler, our hero, Sieg Heil.'
Glimmerveen's companion in the army, Albert van der Velde, was after this experience professional soldier and would play a role in the seventies and eighties in the NCE next Glimmerveen. Indeed, Van der Velde Glimmerveen piloted within the extreme right.
(#2) According to his own words he deserted from the Foreign Legion.
(#3) – The trial of the group 'Blood, Bodem, Honor and Fidelity ' (BBET) has yet to take place. Another person in this group was recently acquitted in the Netherlands of a case involving a criminal group in steroids dealer at a Delft student afknipten Pinky. They thought (wrongly) that it was a competitive trader.
