Armed forces of the Netherlands (A New World)

The Armed forces of the Netherlands consist of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

The service branches consist of:


 * Koninklijke Landmacht (KL), Royal Netherlands Army.
 * Koninklijke Marine (KM), Royal Netherlands Navy and Korps Mariniers, Marine Corps.
 * Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), Royal Netherlands Air Force.
 * Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar), Royal Military Constabulary.

Netherland's Military were part of NATO Multinational forces during WWIII, often fought in Eastern Europe, Baltic, Russia, Japan, Korea, and China.

Foundation in law and purpose
The Dutch armed forces exist by declaration in the constitution of the Netherlands. Article 97 of this constitution determines that the armed forces exist


 * to defend the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its interests in the world; and
 * to protect and advance the international rule of law.

This means that the role and responsibility of the Dutch military in international stability and peacekeeping is constitutionally determined.

The same article of the constitution determines that supreme command of the Dutch military resides with the Government of the Netherlands. This has been the case since the constitution was changed in 1983; before then, supreme command of the armed forces of the Netherlands was held by the King of the Netherlands.

In addition, a second major change in military affairs was made in 2003. Before then, all citizens of the Netherlands were tasked with the defense of the kingdom. In keeping with the move to a professional military, this article was dropped.

Military personnels
The Netherlands' military is currently a fully professional military. with over more than 50 thousand men and women are in active service on all military branches. The Dutch military is part of the UDC militaries and therefore conforms to the structure of a UDC military. It also uses conforming rank structures. All Dutch military personnel, officers and enlisted personnel, are required to take an oath of allegiance. This oath is recorded in the law on General Military Personnel Regulations (Algemeen Militair Ambtenarenregelement) in Article 126a.