The Netherlands Armed Forces are the military services of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The core of the armed forces consists of the four service branches:the Royal Netherlands Navy,the Royal Netherlands Army,the Royal Netherlands Air Force and the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee. The service branches are supplemented by various joint support organisations. In addition,local conscript forces exist on the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba (AruMil) and Curaçao (CurMil). These operate under the auspices of the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Netherlands Marine Corps. The armed forces are organisationally part of the Ministry of Defence.
Petrus Jozef Sietse "Piet" de Jong was a Dutch politician and naval officer who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 to 1971. He was a member of the now-defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP),later merged into the current-day Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Karel Willem Frederik Marie Doorman was a Dutch naval officer who during World War II commanded remnants of the short-lived American-British-Dutch-Australian Command naval strike forces in the Battle of the Java Sea. He was killed in action when his flagship HNLMS De Ruyter was torpedoed during the battle,having chosen to go down with the ship.
The American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command,or ABDACOM,was the short-lived supreme command for all Allied forces in South East Asia in early 1942,during the Pacific War in World War II. The command consisted of the forces of Australia,the Netherlands,United Kingdom and the United States. The main objective of the command,led by General Sir Archibald Wavell,was to maintain control of the "Malay Barrier",a notional line running down the Malay Peninsula,through Singapore and the southernmost islands of the Dutch East Indies. ABDACOM was also known in British military circles as the "South West Pacific Command",although it should not be confused with the later South West Pacific Area command.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Benjamin Bathurst,is a former Royal Navy officer. He has become the only person holding the rank of Admiral of the Fleet,apart from King Charles III,since the death of Lord Boyce. After training as a pilot and qualifying as a helicopter instructor,Bathurst commanded a Naval Air Squadron and then two frigates before achieving higher command in the Navy. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from 1993 to 1995:in that capacity he advised the British Government on the deployment of Naval Support including Sea Harriers during the Bosnian War.
Admiral Sir John Cunningham Kirkwood "Jock" Slater,is a retired Royal Navy officer. He commanded a minesweeper,a frigate and then a destroyer before taking over the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and then achieving higher command in the Navy. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from 1995 to 1998:in that capacity he played a key role in the 1998 Strategic Defence Review carried out by the Labour Government that had come to power a year earlier.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Julian Robertson Oswald was a senior Royal Navy officer. After training as a gunnery specialist,Oswald commanded a frigate and then a destroyer before achieving higher command in the navy. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff in the early 1990s. In that capacity he advised the British Government on the reduction in the size of the fleet under the Options for Change restructuring programme and on the deployment of Naval Support for the Gulf War in 1991:he also made the decision that members of the Women's Royal Naval Service should be allowed to serve in Royal Navy ships.
Eugène Edouard Bernard Lacomblé was an officer in the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1914 to 1942. He began and ended his career on board a ship named after Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter.
Johannes Theodorus Furstner was a Dutch naval officer and politician. Reaching the rank of lieutenant admiral,he served as Minister of the Navy during World War II in the Second Gerbrandy cabinet.
Jean Jacques Rambonnet was a Dutch naval officer and politician. Reaching the rank of vice admiral,he served as Minister of the Navy,Acting Minister of Colonies,and Acting Minister of War. He was also a member of the Council of State and,among other things,a knight in the Military Order of William. He also played an important role in Scouting in the Netherlands and served as the only Chief Scout of the Netherlands prior to 2021.
The chief of defence is the highest-ranking military officer in the armed forces of the Netherlands and is the principal military advisor to the minister of defence. On behalf of the minister of defence,he is responsible for operational policy,strategic planning and for preparing and executing military operations carried out by the armed forces. The chief of defence is in charge of the central staff and is the direct commanding officer of all the commanders of the branches of the armed forces. In this capacity,the chief of defence directs all the activities of the Royal Netherlands Army,the Royal Netherlands Navy and Royal Netherlands Air Force. He is also in charge of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee,when it is operating under the responsibility of the minister of defence.
The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy (CZsk) is the highest-ranking officer of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The CZsk reports directly to the Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff.
Admiral Zafar Mahmood AbbasiNI(M) HI(M) SI(M) BJSN is a retired four-star admiral of the Pakistan Navy who served as the 16th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from 7 October 2017 until 7 October 2020.
Robert (Rob) Verkerk is a retired officer of the Netherlands Marine Corps. On 26 September 2014 he succeeded Matthieu Borsboom as Commander of the Naval Forces.
Rear Admiral Frank Trojahn is a Danish naval officer.
Robert Peter Bauer is a Dutch lieutenant admiral in the Royal Netherlands Navy,currently serving as the Chair of the NATO Military Committee since June 2021. He previously served as Chief of Defence from October 2017 to April 2021,and as the Vice Chief of Defence of the Armed forces of the Netherlands from 1 September 2015 to 13 July 2017.
Vice Admiral Sree Harilal Sarma,PVSM was an Indian Navy admiral who served as Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He later served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command from 1 March 1977 to 2 February 1978.
Michel Hofman serves as the Chief of Defence of the Belgian Armed Forces since 10 July 2020. Prior to his post,he served as the Vice Chief of Defence.
Willy Herteleer is an admiral of the Belgium Defence Force who served as the Chief of the General Staff of Belgium from 1995 until he left the Navy in 2002.
Lieutenant General Rob Zuiderwijk is a retired Royal Netherlands Navy officer who is a former Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy and Admiral Benelux.
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