Royal Netherlands Army

The Royal Netherlands Army is a Dutch armed force, next to the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Marechaussee.

Since november 2005 the Royal Army have no independent organization with its own Commander more. The operating units of the army are then merged into the Royal Netherlands Army (CLAS) and are led by the Commander Land Forces, Lieutenant-General Mart de Kruif. The Royal Netherlands Army (CLAS), Command naval forces(IMPLEMENTATION NAVY) and the Command of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (NIMS) are as part of the Dutch armed forces directly under the Commander of the armed forces posted. The other components of the army have been merged with similar parts of Navy and air force in two support defense components, the defence materiel Organisation (DMO) and the support command (CDC).

The remit of the Royal Netherlands Army is:


 * worldwide contribute to peace, security and stability;
 * defending the Dutch territory and that of the NATOallies;
 * support of civil authorities in law enforcement, emergency response and humanitarian aid, both internationally and nationally.

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[hide] *1 brief history  ==Brief history[ Edit] == The army was formed on 9 January 1814. [3]  shortly after the Second World War the army was organized into a Corps of 5 divisions, one of which would be ready and 4mobilisabel . Later, a custom organization considered of 2 Army Corps, each with one mobilisabele summary and one Division.
 * 2 current organization
 * 2.1 Command staff
 * 2.2 Operational
 * 2.3 Support
 * 2.4 Locations
 * 3 Material
 * 4 Reorganizations
 * 4.1 defense in heavy weather
 * 5 Traditional classification of units
 * 5.1 Weapons
 * 5.2 Service boxes
 * 5.3 Regiments
 * 6 Ranks
 * 7 Open days
 * 8 see also
 * 9 external links
 * 10 Nuts

Finally came in the sixties of last century to create an organization of one Army Corps (the 1st Army Corps) with 2 ready (the 1st and the 4th Division) and 1 mobilisabele (the 5th) Division. The mobilisabele Division was initially mostly from infantry troops, but in the early 1970s was mechanized.

Next to the I Corps, the army still the National Territorial Command (NTC), the National Logistics Command (NLC), the Medical Command and the Command Training(COKL).

All the divisions of the Corps existed from 1 armor-and 2 mechanised infantry brigades. On Corps level was there in addition still the Army Corps artillery, consisting of 3 groups and a mobilisabele group and 1 veldartillerie luchtdoelartillerie infantry brigade.

The NTC counted 2 mobilisabele mobilisabele infantry brigades and some infantry battalions. The organisation of the land forces in that period was dominated by the cold war, why in the 1950s and 1960s massive mechanized and armored was: in the late 1980s, the army tanks, several thousand pieces 913 mechanised infantry vehicles and over 400 pieces of self-propelled artillery.

The army in this period leaned heavily on the conscription. Some 40,000 conscripts were called up for a year first exercise and another ca. 10,000 for repeat exercise. The ready strength in the eighties of last century amounted up to approximately 65,000 people and more than 210,000 were that after mobilization.

The fall of the iron curtain in 1989 for the armed forces as a whole, but especially for the army had major consequences. Conscription became the de facto abolished,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]  the Organization was transformed to a professional professional army and unnecessary equipment was disposed of.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There was an air mobile brigade established. The cooperation with other countries, Germanyin particular, has intensified. The Dutch I Corps has been lifted. Instead, it was an Army Corps formed together with Germany, the 1 (GE/NL) Corps, to which both countries contributed a Division: the Netherlands 1st Division "7 december" and Germany the ''7. Panzerdivision''.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In early 2004 is also the Dutch 1st Division and Corps Headquarters was transformed into a headquarters that can be deployed as "High Readiness Forces Headquarters" (HRFHQ), a rapidly deployable NATO force on Corps level. Netherlands delivers a part of the headquarters staff, a part of the staff support battalion and part of the CIS-battalion (communications and information systems). ==Current organization<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" 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 style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since the end of the cold war, the army drastically reformed and shrunk. This has meant that there is no unit of Division size longer exists.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Commander Land Forces leads the Royal Netherlands Army. This is responsible for training, preparation, maintenance and aftercare. Since 25 October 2011 is Lieutenant-General Mart de Kruif Commander Land forces. The lead in terms of tactical engagement is in the hands of the Commander of the armed forces General Tom Middendorp.

<p lang="en" len="204" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After a period of restructuring and consequent risings of units or the creation of new units, the Royal Netherlands currently exists (2014) from the following units: ===Command Staff<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><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);">] === ===Operational<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><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);">] === ===Support<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;"><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);">] === ===Locations<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><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="113" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">All parts falling under the operational and supporting units are distributed as follows accommodated: ==Material<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" 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 style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The equipment of the Royal Netherlands Army has modernized in recent years. An overview of the types and numbers of vehicles in use at the Royal Dutch army. BoxerTPz Fuchs 1 lesson implementationAir Mobile Special VehicleEN CV90BushmasterPanzerhaubitze 2000Mercedes Benz 280 g ==Reorganizations<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" 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 style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">2013 In the framework of new budget cuts and the associated reduction of the armed forces was in January 2013 the fire support Command (VustCo) was established. This command includes the integrated organic falls under the OOCL and former Corps artillery Field and horse artillery. In addition, the mortar units of 11 Air Mobile Brigade and theMarine Corps included. VustCo is stationed in 't Harde (camp oldebroek). The scaled-down unit includes 425 man fire support for 3 batteries, each equipped with 6 armored howitzers and 6 120 mm-mortars.
 * CLAS Staff
 * 11 Air Mobile Brigade (Accountant)
 * 13 mechanized Brigade (13Mechbrig)
 * 43 mechanized Brigade (43Mechbrig)
 * Korps Commandotroepen (KCT)
 * First German-Dutch Army Corps (1 GE/NL Corps)
 * Defense Land-Based Air Defence Command (DGLC)
 * Country Operational Support Command (OOCL)
 * Material Logistics Command Country (MatlogCo)
 * Education and training command (Edie_m_tr)
 * Bomb Squad Defense (EOD)
 * National Reserve Corps (NATRES)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">2012 The Defence land-based air defence command (DGLC) was founded in 2012 and now includes the land-based air defence units from all services. DGLC is located on the former Airbase De Peel, now the Lieutenant General Best barracks. The strength of the unit is 850 soldiers for the Patriot batteries for the longer distance and anti-aircraft missiles and AMRAAM-Fennek vehicles with stingercapaciteit for nabijverdediging.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">All regional military Commands, facility units responsible for military complexes in their area and contacts with local authorities, have been lifted. Their supporting National Reserve battalions in the brigade headquarters accommodated.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The National Reserve Corps has been in existence since september 2012 still from 3 battalions (10, 20 and 30 battalion) with a strength of approximately 900 men per battalion.In addition, the reservists that are now assigned to the brigade headquarters for the national commitment also part of the Corps. The Corps is completed by the Fanfare National Reserve Corps (FKNR) and the Corps Office.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">2009 the reorganized Explosives Scavenging Command was established in 2009 and consists of the integrated NIMS IMPLEMENTATION NAVY bomb squad and dive and disassemble Department. The EOD is responsible for detection, identification and rejection of conventional and improvised explosive devices on land and water. Also the protection of deployed Dutch units falls under the responsibilities of the EOD. The EOD operates from defence complex Soesterberg related to its central location and the maritime Department from Den Helder.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Royal Netherlands Army (CLAS) counts now so some brigades that the fighting power supply and support units. In addition to the units that fall under the CLAS, delivers the Netherlands still part of staff and the support of the German-Dutch High Readiness Forces Headquarters (HRFHQ), a binational Staff Support Battalion and a binational CIS Battalion.

<p lang="en" len="316" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The 103 ISTAR-battalion will be integrated with equivalent IMPLEMENTATION NAVY Firefighter units, NIMS-and to a new Joint ISTAR command (JISTARC). ===Defense in heavy weather<span class="mw-editsection" len="350" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><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="670" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In november 2010<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  gave the new Minister of Defense Hall to that € 200 million should cut back defence and that had to be taken into account with a loss of 10,000 jobs in the entire armed forces, which were not to rule out redundancies.

<p lang="en" len="80" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Meanwhile, the direct impact on the CLAS per 8 april 2011 announced:

<p lang="en" len="72" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Get with the other services to make proportionate cuts. ==Traditional classification of units<span class="mw-editsection" len="363" 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 style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In addition to the traditional hierarchical format in the CLAS format another knows only weapons (combat and combat support units) and service boxes (supporting units). These can be divided in one or more regiments(the administrative organizations that preserve the traditions of the units). In general, a battlegroup a weapon while a supporting unit by a dienstvak is running. There are exceptions: there is talk of a Genius and a weapon weapon der der Liaison Department. They fall under the combat support units.
 * both remaining tank battalions (Havelte, Oirschot) be lifted and all Leopard tanks be sold
 * the armoured howitzer capacity is reduced by 25% (6 pieces are sold)
 * the air defence capacity is halved (lifting 1 battery staff and 1 logistics platoon)
 * the design capacity of the Genius is reduced
 * the armored genius capacity is reduced by the removal of 2 rods
 * Fenneks is halved the number of MRAT/up to 40
 * the ground weapon system control (101 artillery support battery) is raised
 * the maintenance capacity is reduced from 6 to 4 maintenance companies
 * the staff of the OOCL is reduced by 33%
 * the medical service of the armed forces is otherwise classified
 * in the headquarters of the German-Dutch Corps disappear 100 staff positions

<p lang="en" len="80" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The air and naval forces do not know such a traditional format.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For the Second World War regiments had only a number (with the exception of the regiments of Grenadiers and hunters), but in the fifties of the last century the regiments were given a name. Characteristic of a Dutch regiment is that it comes to a Standard or standard features. Another feature is that the regiment has a traditional sense only. Unlike in countries such as France, are numbered units. This numbering is based on the old format of the army into divisions. Each Division consisted of a number of regiments. A regiment in turn consisted of several battalions. An example of this is 42 Battalion Limburg hunters. Historically this should be viewed as a battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, part of the 4th Division. In the sixties of the 20th century, the army reorganized and got old, all regiments disappeared in the form of a revaluation of the tradition experience their new traditional function.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The unit of regiment is a purely ceremonial function. The regiment commander there almost always has a regular feature at. Often certain officials on the Training Institute of the weapon concerned or also Regimental Commander Dienstvak. There is also a regimental adjutant. The regiment contributes to the so-called "esprit de corps", the Corps feeling and togetherness. Despite the amalgamation of regiments, is now becoming more aware of the value that a regiment may have for the morale and sense of unity of soldiers. A regiment carries a rich history, which sometimes rational given artificial feel, but effective and important. I specialize in are to 45 Armored infantry battalion, which recently the traditions of the Regiment Infantry Orange Gelderland has taken on. ===Weapons<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><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);">] === ===Service Boxes<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;"><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);">] === ===Regiments<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><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);">] === ==Ranks<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" 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);">] == ==Open Days<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" 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 style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the past, lives in turn in different barracks army day held annually-aimed at the recruitment of new staff-which drew many visitors. Because of cuts is periodically held twice a three years today. In 2014, the Royal Netherlands Army sure to keep the army day not centrally on one barracks, but spread across 200 locations in the country. In the context of the 200th anniversary of the Royal Army.
 * Artillery
 * Cavalry
 * Genius
 * Infantry
 * Liaison Department
 * Logistics (consisting of Supply and Transport regiment troops (aggregation of Intendance and incoming and outgoing troops) and the old service technical service boxes and medical service that now as separate regiments and the Military Administration that as a separate Corps dienstvak Logistics regiment in the cq are included)
 * Military legal service
 * Military-psychological and sociological Service
 * Technical Staff
 * LO/Sports