Dutch armed forces

The Dutch armed forces is the military of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It consists of four "parts":

The budget was € 7.602.033.000 anno 2014[3]  (1.17% of GDP[4]  ).
 * the Royal Navy (KM)
 * the Koninklijke landmacht (KL)
 * the Royal Air Force (KLu)
 * the Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar)



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[hide] *1 Organization  ==Organization[ Edit] == Since 2005, the four services have no independent organizations with their own Commander more. The Koninklijke Marine (KM), Koninklijke landmacht (KL) and the Royal Air Force (KLu) are organized into three operational commands (Opco 's) directly under the command of the Commander of the armed forces (CDS) are:
 * 2 conscription
 * 3 Reservists
 * 4 see also
 * 5 external link

The fourth operational command, the Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMAR), the military police corps. The military police is usually due to the specific tasks not directly commanded by the CDS, but directly under the Secretary-General of the Ministry of defence.
 * the Command naval forces (IMPLEMENTATION NAVY) is the Navy,
 * the Royal Netherlands Army (CLAS) is the land force,
 * the Command of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (NIMS) includes the air component.

The Opco's are supported by the support command (CDC) and the defence materiel Organisation (DMO).

There also exist within the Kingdom still small local military corps on Curaçao (the Curaçao Militia) and on Aruba (the Aruban Militia). These operate under the authority of the Royal Navy on site.

The existence, and the tasks of the authority over the armed forces are set out in article 97 of the Dutch Constitution:[5]


 * 1. for the purposes of the defence and to protect the interests of the Kingdom, as well as for the maintenance and promotion of the international rule of law, there is a force.
 * 2. the Government has the Supreme authority over the armed forces.

==Conscription<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The existence of compulsory military service for men from 18-45 is laid down in article 98 of the Dutch Constitution.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-referentie1_5-1" len="187" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [5]  since 1997, the convocation in actual service suspended and the greatly reduced compared to the past and greatly improved armed forces is now entirely of professional staff. Serve a total of more than 45,000 soldiers at the armed forces. If the conscription would now again would be introduced, an estimated more than 2.8 million men fit for military service. ==Reservists<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="521" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Dutch armed forces has about 6,000 reservists, which are spread over the four reservists units:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" len="175" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]


 * the Royal Navy Reserve (850 people) consists of former marinemilitairen,
 * the National Reserve Corps (3800 people) is accessible to both former soldiers as for citizens,
 * the Air Force Reserve Group (600 people) is accessible for both former soldiers as for citizens,
 * the reserve of the Royal Military Police (210 people) are former law enforcement officers from that of military ordnance.