Germany and Netherlands push ahead with military integration

Germany and Netherlands push ahead with military integration

The Netherlands has positioned a 3rd and remaining brigade beneath German command as a part of a drive to combine the 2 international locations’ land-based armed forces, the German army introduced in Berlin on Monday.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and his Dutch counterpart Kajsa Ollongren put their seal on the transfer by the NATO companions in Veitshöchheim in central Germany.

By inserting the thirteenth Light Brigade of the Netherlands beneath German command, all Dutch military brigades could be beneath German command, the Bundeswehr stated.

The eleventh Airborne Brigade was the primary to be built-in in 2014. The forty third Mechanized Brigade with 3,000 Dutch troops has additionally been positioned inside Germany’s 1st Tank Division.

Certain German seaborne items have been positioned beneath Dutch command beneath a 2016 settlement offering for the gradual integration of German forces into the Dutch Royal Navy. These embody marine safety forces, divers and boarding troops.

The mixed forces are beneath a single command construction and could be deployed on behalf of NATO as required. The purpose can also be for his or her tools to be standardized.

Source: www.anews.com.tr