1. Marinus Johannes Marco Kroon was born on 15 July 1970 in Den Bosch in the Netherlands.
20 Facts About Marco Kroon
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Besides his full-time job in the military, Marco Kroon often helps her with her work.
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Marco Kroon graduated from the Koninklijke Militaire School in Weert, and from the Koninklijke Militaire Academie in Breda.
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On 12 July 2012, Marco Kroon received a new command as company commander of the Charley Company of the 17th Mechanized Infantry Battalion 'Prinses Irene' Fusilier Guards Regiment based in Oirschot.
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On 4 November 2013, Marco Kroon returned to the Korps Commandotroepen in Roosendaal.
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In November 2014 Marco Kroon was promoted to major and assigned to the Land Training Centre in Amersfoort.
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The Ministry of Defence, after three years' research, recommended to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands that Marco Kroon be awarded the Military William Order for bravery shown during commando actions in Uruzgan.
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Marco Kroon stated that he had killed an enemy, who during an earlier secret operation, had captured him and had subjected him to brutal interrogations, mistreatment and humiliation.
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When he coincidentally encountered the man again, the man reached for a firearm, upon which Marco Kroon shot and killed the man.
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Marco Kroon kept the incident to himself due to the secrecy of the operation.
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Marco Kroon only reported the incident to the DoD early 2017, which informed the public prosecutor in January 2018.
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In 2007, Marco Kroon was on an intelligence gathering mission in the Afghan capital Kabul.
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In March 2010, Marco Kroon's lawyer told a Dutch television programme that Marco Kroon actually wanted his bar to be drugs-free and that he had thrown customers out who did not respect this policy.
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On 20 September 2010, the Office of the Attorney General officially announced that Marco Kroon would be prosecuted and was suspected of 'possession and provision of some electroshock weapons and possession of small quantities of hard drugs for personal use'.
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Marco Kroon was sentenced a EUR 750 fine and a conditional 80 hours of community service for possession and provision of electroshock weapons.
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Furthermore, Marco Kroon will keep his knighthood; revocation only occurs if sentenced to prison for more than one year.
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Marco Kroon announced that he would voluntarily resign his knighthood if he was convicted for drugs related charges by the appellate court.
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On 13 July 2012, Geert-Jan Knoops announced that Marco Kroon will seek compensatory damages from the Dutch government after being prosecuted by the attorney-general of the Netherlands for possession of drugs.
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Knoops indicated that Marco Kroon primarily wants an apology from the AG Office and that he had been negotiating with them for a year over this, but that a voluntary apology was not forthcoming.
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In lieu of this apology, Marco Kroon has instructed Knoops to file a suit for unjust prosecution and is seeking compensatory damages for damage done to his reputation as well as for the loss of his cafe.