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Medal awarded to the Commander of Belgian Army
Major General Hubert de Vos, the Commander of the Belgian Army, was this morning awarded the Medal of Merit in Gold on the...
Flag officer sets sights on international conference in 2015
This week, Rear Admiral Ben Bekkering made a case for further cooperation and innovation between armed forces and industry...
Marechaussee’s major international training exercise starts
Exercise Lowlands Grenade 2014, one of the biggest international exercises the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee has organised in...
Medal awarded to Commander of the German Army
Lieutenant General Bruno Kasdorf, the Commander of the German Army, was yesterday awarded the Medal of Merit in Gold. Minister...
Airmobile Brigade incorporated into Division Schnelle Kräfte
From today, 11 Airmobile Brigade is part of the new German unit Division Schnelle Kräfte (DSK). Lieutenant General Mart de...
Minister of Defence Hennis opens Liberation Route Europe
A jewel. That was how Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert described Liberation Route Europe, which she opened today...
70th anniversary of D-Day commemorated in Arromanches
The Dutch servicemen who played a part in the liberation of Europe were remembered this morning in Arromanches, France. King...
NATO talks on Ukraine and Afghanistan
During the course of yesterday and today, NATO Ministers of Defence held talks in Brussels about the situation in Ukraine and a...
Dutch units under authority of MINUSMA
Since today, the Dutch units in Mali are officially under authority of the UN mission MINUSMA. The Transfer of Authority marked...
Dutch-German 'friendly' between submarines
Yesterday, the Dutch submarine HNLMS Bruinvis and the German U 31 fired exercise torpedoes at each other. The submarines had...