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.
The Royal Netherlands Navy is the naval force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Alexander Archer Vandegrift,was a U.S. Marine Corps four-star general. During World War II,he commanded the 1st Marine Division to victory in its first ground offensive of the war,the Battle of Guadalcanal. For his actions from August 7 to December 9,1942 during the Solomon Islands campaign,he received the Medal of Honor. Vandegrift later served as the 8th Commandant of the Marine Corps. He was the first four-star general on active duty in the Marine Corps.
The Netherlands Marine Corps is the elite naval infantry corps of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The marines trace their origins back to the establishment of the Regiment de Marine on 10 December 1665,by the then grand pensionary of the Dutch Republic,Johan de Witt and famous Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
Paul Xavier Kelley was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 28th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps from July 1,1983,to June 30,1987.
The Royal Netherlands Army is the land branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. Though the Royal Netherlands Army was raised on 9 January 1814,its origins date back to 1572,when the Staatse Leger was raised making the Dutch standing army one of the oldest in the world. It fought in the Napoleonic Wars,World War II,the Indonesian War of Independence,and the Korean War and served with NATO on the Cold War frontiers in West-Germany from the 1950s to the 1990s.
HNLMS De Ruyter is a De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was laid down in 2000,launched in 2002,and commissioned in 2004,the third ship of her class to enter service. The frigate is named after Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter (1607–1676).
Major Marinus Johannes "Marco" Kroon,RMWO,is a Dutch officer serving with the Korps Commandotroepen. Kroon is one of only three living knights 4th class of the Military Order of William and the first new member appointed to this Dutch Order in over half a century. The Military William Order is the highest honour in the Netherlands,bestowed for "performing excellent acts of Bravery,Leadership and Loyalty in battle".
The Caribbean Netherlands are the three public bodies of the Netherlands that are located in the Caribbean Sea. They consist of the islands of Bonaire,Sint Eustatius and Saba,although the term "Caribbean Netherlands" is sometimes used to refer to all of the islands in the Dutch Caribbean. In legislation,the three islands are also known as Bonaire,Sint Eustatius and Saba or the BES islands. The islands are currently classified as public bodies in the Netherlands and as overseas countries and territories of the European Union;thus,EU law does not automatically apply.
Robert Antonius Cornelis "Rob" Bertholee is a retired lieutenant general of the Royal Netherlands Army who served the head of the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) from 2011 to 2018. He previously was Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army from 2008 to 2011. Born in Haarlem,Bertholee is married and has one daughter.
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.
Vice admiral Matthieu Borsboom is a retired Royal Netherlands Navy officer who is a former Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy and Admiral Benelux,and has served with the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
Franklin Ernest "Frank" van Kappen is a Dutch retired marine and politician. Van Kappen was a career officer in the Netherlands Marine Corps,and served as Major general between 1995 and 1998. He was a member of the Senate for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy between 2007 and 2019.
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.
Onno Eichelsheim is a general in the Royal Netherlands Air Force serving as Chief of Defence of the Netherlands Armed Forces since 15 April 2021. Prior to his post,he served as the Vice Chief of Defence from 1 July 2019 to 8 March 2021.
Leo Beulen was the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army between 24 March 2016 until August 2019.
RenéTas,is a vice admiral of the Dutch Navy,he is the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy after replacing vice admiral Rob A. Kramer from 9 September 2021. He is also the Admiral Benelux (ABNL) which is the Commanding Officer of the combined military staff of the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Naval Component of the Belgian Armed Forces.
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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