The Chief of Defence (Dutch: Commandant der Strijdkrachten, CDS) is the highest-ranking officer in the Netherlands Armed Forces and is the principal military...
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assisted by the Chief of the Defence, Onno Eichelsheim. The ministry is responsible for: protecting the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (which includes...
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A chief of defence (or head of defence) is the highest ranked commissioned officer of a nation's armed forces. The acronym CHOD is in common use within...
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Onno Eichelsheim (category Chiefs of Defence (Netherlands))
general in the Royal Netherlands Air Force serving as Chief of Defence (Dutch: Commandant der Strijdkrachten) of the Netherlands Armed Forces since 15...
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military leader of the Netherlands Armed Forces and the most senior military adviser to the Minister of Defence. The Chief of Defence has command over the...
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Rob Bauer (category Chiefs of Defence (Netherlands))
Strijdkrachten) from October 2017 to April 2021, and as the Vice Chief of Defence of the Netherlands of the from 1 September 2015 to 13 July 2017. Bauer was also...
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Ministry of Defence (Netherlands) Ministry of Defence (New Zealand) Ministry of Defence (Nigeria) Ministry of Defence (Norway) Ministry of Defence (Oman)...
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(Belgium) Chief of the Defence (Bulgaria) Chief of Defence (Denmark) Chief of Defence (Finland) Chief of Defence (Lithuania) Chief of Defence (Luxembourg)...
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Peter van Uhm (category Chiefs of Defence (Netherlands))
June 1955) 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...
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Dick Berlijn (category Chiefs of Defence (Netherlands))
retired Royal Netherlands Air Force four-star general, who served as Chief of Defence of the Netherlands (Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff) from 2004...
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in his/her role by the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services. The Constitution of the Netherlands states, in article 97, that "the Government...
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Tom Middendorp (category Chiefs of Defence (Netherlands))
1960) 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...
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As such Defence Intelligence occupies a unique position within the UK intelligence community. The organisation is headed by the Chief of Defence Intelligence...
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The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Головне управління розвідки Міністерства оборони України, romanized: Holovne...
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the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the...
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The Chief of the Defence Staff (French: Chef d'État-Major des Armées [CEMA]; lit. 'Chief of Staff of the Armies') is the military head of the Armed Forces...
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The minister of defence (Dutch: Minister van Defensie) is the head of the Ministry of Defence and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers....
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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...
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bilateral defence science agreements with USA, UK, France, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway and Singapore. In February 2012, DSTG was given the whole-of-government...
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operational staff and placed under direct command of the Chief of Defence due to the strategic impact of its operations. Although NLD SOCOM is responsible...
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Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF; Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), "Royal Air Force") is the military aviation branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces...
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the Netherlands Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff Forces Royal Netherlands Army Korps Commandotroepen (special forces commando) Royal Netherlands Navy...
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gender-neutrality of the post. The current Chair of the NATO Military Committee is lieutenant admiral Rob Bauer, former Chief of Defence of the Netherlands, who took...
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integrity of Kenya, recruitment to the KDF is done on yearly basis. The President of Kenya is the commander-in-chief of the KDF, and the Chief of Defence Forces...
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Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff. The position of CZsk was created on 5 September 2005, following a large overhaul of the command structure of the...
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the authority of the Ministry of National Security. The TTDF has the world's only Military steelband. The Commander in Chief of the Defence Force is the...
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The Royal Netherlands Army (Dutch: Koninklijke Landmacht, KL) is the land branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. Though the Royal Netherlands Army was...
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Henri Winkelman (category Commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Netherlands)
Commander-in-chief of the Armed forces of the Netherlands during the German invasion of the Netherlands. Winkelman was born in Maastricht as the son of Julius...
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Although the Netherlands does not have weapons of mass destruction made by itself, the country participates in NATO's nuclear weapons sharing arrangements...
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David Hurley (category Chiefs of the Defence Force (Australia))
inaugural Chief of Capability Development Group (2003–2007) and Chief of Joint Operations (2007–2008) and served as Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2008–2011)...
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