---
title: "The Netherlands Marine Corps just took the ‘Tetris Challenge’ to a whole new level"
description: "If you love the recent deluge of 'Tetris Challenge' photos showing service members and first responders lying alongside their neatly-organized gear, then you're going to go buck wild for this intimidating shot from the Netherlands Marine Corps."
date: "2019-10-04"
modified: "2019-10-04"
authors:
  - name: "Jared Keller"
    job_title: "Former Managing Editor"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jaredkeller/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/netherlands-marine-corps-tetris-challenge/"
categories:
  - "Around the World"
  - "Europe"
  - "Marine Corps"
  - "Military Branches"
  - "News"
  - "Tactics"
  - "Tech & Tactics"
tags:
  - "European Command"
---

# The Netherlands Marine Corps just took the ‘Tetris Challenge’ to a whole new level

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/21179065-1.jpg>)

If you love the recent deluge of viral 'Tetris Challenge' photos showing service members and first responders lying alongside their neatly-organized gear, then you're going to go buck wild for this intimidating shot from the Netherlands Marine Corps.

On Friday, the official Twitter account of the Korps Mariners dropped a photo of a quartet of the country's elite infantry troop posing in the buff with a simple message: "Our body is our weapon."

https://twitter.com/korpsmariniers/status/1179706718932099072

This isn't the first stab at the Tetris Challenge by the armed forces of the Netherlands. Nearly a month ago, the Royal Netherlands Army [dropped](<https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/d3oy9v/military_medical_boxer_from_the_royal_netherlands/>) this great photo of a medical Boxer armored vehicle.

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-placeholder-title-2094.jpg>)

And let's not forget [this one](<https://www.insider.com/tetris-challenge-police-ambulances-firefighters-around-the-world-2019-9>) from a Dutch police team.

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-placeholder-title-2095.jpg>)

But it's worth noting that, established in 1665, the Netherlands Marine Corps' motto is *Qua Patet Orbis,* or "As Far as the World Extends."

This probably isn't what what the country's then-Prime Minister Johan de Witt had in mind at the time.

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