The military of the Netherlands is composed of four branches, all of which carry the prefix Koninklijke (Royal): It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of countries by number of active troops. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... One thousand million (1,000,000,000) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. ...

• Koninklijke Landmacht (KL), the Royal Netherlands Army.
• Koninklijke Marine (KM), the Royal Netherlands Navy, including the Naval Air Service and Marine Corps.
• Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), the Royal Netherlands Air Force
• Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar), the Royal Military Police, tasks include military police and border control.

Conscription in the Netherlands was suspended in 1996. All military specialities, except the Submarine service and Marine Corps, are open to women. The Dutch Ministry of Defence employs 68,000 personnel, including both civilian and military personnel. The Royal Netherlands Army (Koninklijke Landmacht) is the land forces element of the military of the Netherlands. ... This article is about the Royal Navy of the Netherlands. ... The Korps Mariniers is the marine corps of the Netherlands, and is part of the Royal Netherlands Navy. ... Image:Flag of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. ... The Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar) (Royal Constabulary in English) is one of the four military bodies of the Netherlands. ... The conscription in the Netherlands (Dutch: dienstplicht) was first employed in 1810 by the French occupiers under Louis Bonaparte. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The Ministry of Defence (Ministerie van Defensie; Def) is the Dutch Ministry of Defence: it is occupied with coordinating military of the Netherlands. ...

References and links

• This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2006 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.
• Netherlands

The World Factbook 2007 (government edtion) cover. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Military of the Netherlands

• Official homepage of the Ministry of Defense
• Official homepage of the Royal Netherlands Air Force
• Official homepage of the Royal Netherlands Army
• Official homepage of the Royal Netherlands Navy
• Official homepage of the Royal Military Police
• Military aircraft in the Netherlands

v • d • e Nederlandse Strijdkrachten (Military of the Netherlands)
under the command of the Ministry of Defence
Landmacht (Army) Marine (Navy) Luchtmacht (Air force) Marechaussee (Military Police)

v • d • e North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Members	Belgium · Bulgaria · Canada · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Italy · Latvia · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Turkey · United Kingdom · United States
Candidates	Albania · Croatia · Georgia · Republic of Macedonia (as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM))