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 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was a multinational military mission in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014. It was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1386 pursuant to the Bonn Agreement,which outlined the establishment of a permanent Afghan government following the U.S. invasion in October 2001. ISAF's primary goal was to train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding key government institutions;it gradually took part in the broader war in Afghanistan against the Taliban insurgency.
Commander is a common naval officer rank as well as a job title in many armies. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations,including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain.
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.
Ton van Loon is a commander from the Netherlands. He is a Lieutenant General employed by NATO who took control of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF),Regional Command South (RC-S) on November 1,2006,until May 1,2007. From April 13,2010,until September 25,2013,he commanded I. German/Dutch Corps. He is married and has two children.
Petrus Johannes Mathias "Peter" van Uhm is a retired Royal Netherlands Army general. He served as Chief of Defence of the Armed forces of the Netherlands from 17 April 2008 until 28 June 2012. He previously served as the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army from 5 September 2005 until 13 March 2008.
General Simon Hendrik Spoor was the Chief of Staff of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army and the Royal Dutch Army in the Dutch East Indies,from 1946 to 1949,during the Indonesian National Revolution.
Train Advise Assist Command –South was a multinational military formation,part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission within Afghanistan. Prior to 2014 it was designated Regional Command South,under the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
General Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter,is a Kenyan-born former senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the Defence Staff from June 2018 to November 2021.
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 Army is the executive commander of the Royal Netherlands Army and reports directly to the Chief of Defence. The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army is statutorily a three-star general. The current C-LAS is Air Defense Artillery Lieutenant General Martin Wijnen.
Lieutenant General (retired) J.A. (Tony) van Diepenbrugge is a former officer of the Royal Netherlands Army. He served in Lebanon and Bosnia-Hercegovina,held several positions throughout the Army and was Corps Commander of the I. German/Dutch Corps.
James L. Terry is a retired lieutenant general of the United States Army. Terry has commanded at multiple levels across the Army. Terry's last assignment was as the commanding general of United States Army Central,retiring 17 November 2015. Terry served as the last commander of V Corps before its inactivation in 2013. While commanding V Corps,he concurrently served as Commander,International Security Assistance Force Joint Command (IJC),and as deputy commander of United States Forces Afghanistan. He was the Commanding General of the 10th Mountain Division from 2009 to 2011.
General Sir Richard Lawson Barrons,is a retired British Army officer. He was Commander Joint Forces Command from April 2013 until his retirement in April 2016.
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.
General Marc van Uhm is a two-star general in the Royal Netherlands Army and served as its deputy commander.
Thomas Antonius Middendorp is a retired general of the Royal Netherlands Army. He served as Chief of Defence of the Armed forces of the Netherlands from 28 June 2012 until 3 October 2017. He previously served as the commander of Task Force Uruzgan part of the International Security Assistance Force from 2 February 2009 until 3 August 2009.
Martin Wijnen is a Dutch Lieutenant-general. He was the Commander of 43 Mechanized Brigade and is now the commander of the Royal Netherlands Army.
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.
Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau 
Meritorious Service Medal (Canada) 
Officer in the Legion of Honour (France)
Knight Commander's Cross in the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 
Commander of the Legion of Merit [1] 
The Netherlands 
Lieutenant General 
