The film will follow them during their first military initiation on the island of Texel and on their first trip on a naval vessel in the Baltic Sea, where they learn the ropes on board as a lower class seaman. These youngsters choose a life that will not be easy; what does this tell us about them, and furthermore about the time we are living in? 'Navy Mids' is a documentary about a group of young men and women who have just finished high school or a first bachelor in a professional education, and see a future for them selves as an officer at the Royal Netherlands Navy. To become a marine officer, they have to study at the Royal Netherlands Naval College (KIM), a long-traditional institute, and enter a world in which history, hierarchy and rituals play an important role; matters that are not so obviously present anymore in modern society.
—IJswater Films