“A veteran has experienced everything,” says Smit, himself also serving militarily. “It is important that you can share those experiences with like -minded people. Then you understand each other. It is therefore important that veterans come into contact with each other.”
Partners
What is striking is that many soldiers took their partner during the meeting. Smit: “Military veterans broadcast on a mission in a war zone, but you also have the home front. That is often forgotten. A soldier goes on a mission and the home front must” keep things going. We have therefore consciously chosen to give the soldiers the opportunity to take a partner. “
Earlier in the day, a so -called veteran bank was unveiled in the Zaanse Volkspark.
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