[6] The history of the Netherlands Marine Corps on Marinekazerne Suffisant began in 1929 after Venezuelan Rafael Simón Urbina together with a group of followers tried to take over Fort Amsterdam on Curaçao.

The Netherlands sent the Marine Corps to provide external security for the Dutch ABC islands.

[8] On 16 June 2009, after a presence of 80 years on the island, the 31 INFCIE of the Netherlands Marine Corps on Curaçao was disbanded.

Since that date only a small number of marines have remained, mainly to train the Curaçaoan conscripts.

[10] From June until September 2013, one of the suspects involved in the murder of politician Helmin Wiels was locked up in the Royal Marechaussee building on the base.