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  1 GE/NL Corps Tests New NATO Logistics Concept

  Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza 2:37 PM on Apr 20, 2012

  NATO's new Joint Logistic Support Group (JLSG) concept was tested for the first time in Nieuw Milligen, the Netherlands. this week by 1 German/Netherlands (GE/NL) Corps. The new co... Read More >>

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  Benelux Defense Cooperation Accord

  Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza 4:40 PM on Apr 19, 2012

  Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed a defense cooperation accord yesterday evening. The defense ministers of the three countries—Pieter de Crem, Hans Hillen and Je... Read More >>

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  Frisian Flag 2012

  Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza 3:47 PM on Apr 17, 2012

  The Royal Netherlands Air Force's (RNLAF) 323rd Fighter Squadron at Leeuwarden air base has been hosting this year's Exercise Frisian Flag since 15 April.The large-scale multinatio... Read More >>

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  Danes Go Dutch For Ravens

  Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza 4:22 PM on Apr 16, 2012

  The Danish military is borrowing two Dutch Raven unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems for half a year. Each system consists of three mini UAVs and a ground station.Dutch Ministry ... Read More >>

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  Vessel Protection Detachments Go Dutch

  Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza 4:05 PM on Apr 16, 2012

  The Dutch Ministry of Defense is reducing the costs of vessel protection detachments (VPD) based on its experience deploying Royal Netherlands Marines on merchant ships. Costs have... Read More >>

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  Unbalanced Ambitions

  Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza 4:17 PM on Apr 04, 2012

  The Dutch defense budget is too tight to achieve the ambitions for the Royal Netherlands Air Force's (RNLAF) F-16s, the Netherlands Court of Auditors concludes in a report monitori... Read More >>

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  Gourmet Field Kitchen

  Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza 3:39 PM on Apr 03, 2012

  The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) contingent in Afghanistan was treated yesterday to a meal of carpaccio, scallops, duck with red beets and mushrooms, and chocolate cake with... Read More >>

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  RNLAF Grounds Apache Solo Display Team

  Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza 3:15 PM on Mar 28, 2012

  I didn't realize that the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has an Apache Solo Display Team, but I won't be able to see it fly, at least not this year. The Netherlands ... Read More >>

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  Dutch Marines Will Miss Their Mortars

  Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza 6:06 PM on Mar 23, 2012

  The Netherlands Ministry of Defense has produced a video of the Dutch Royal Marine Corps 120 mm Mortar Company firing its last six shots in a ceremony on Salisbury Plain yeste... Read More >>

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  Lost Lynx To Leave Libya

  Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza 1:41 PM on Feb 28, 2012

  The Lynx helicopter lost by the Netherlands in Libya a year ago is on its way back home.Netherlands Ministry of Defense photoThe helicopter has been on the beach in Sirte since it ... Read More >>

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