It has been announced today that Captain Marco Kroon shall receive the "Willems Orde for Courage, Tact and Fidelity" which is the highest Dutch Military Decoration for his achievements in Uruzgan (Afghanistan). It has been over 50 years since this special decoration has been last awarded by her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands.

According to Marco Kroon he could not have fulfilled his mission without the help of his Night Vision equipment. He described one of his missions in the Baluchi-Valley in the TV program 'de wereld draait door' of 12 February.
 
Quotes from Captain Marco Kroon:

"so we could see them coming"

"we had a clear advantage with the technique that we have today with our Night Vision equipment"

"yes, that has been our luck"

"We clearly could see that the enemy was the enemy and not innocent civilians because we clearly can identify the enemy with our mono's"



PHOTONIS is proud to support the Dutch army and we congratulate Marco who will receive his decoration
May 29, 2009.