Editing Netherlands Armed Forces (section)

{{Short description|Combined military forces of the Netherlands}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox national military
| name = Netherlands Armed Forces
| native_name = {{lang|nl|Nederlandse krijgsmacht}}
| image = [[File:Krijgsmachtdelen logo's.svg|300px]]
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| caption = Logos of the Netherlands Armed Forces
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1572|df=y}}
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*{{navy|Netherlands}} 
*{{army|Netherlands}} 
*{{air force|Netherlands}} 
*[[File:Marechaussee_vlag.svg|25px]] [[Royal Marechaussee|Royal Netherlands Marechaussee]]
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| headquarters = [[Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)|Ministry of Defence]], The Hague
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| website = {{URL|https://english.defensie.nl/|defensie.nl}}
<!-- Leadership -->| commander-in-chief = {{Flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg|size=23px}} [[Cabinet of the Netherlands|The Government]]
| commander-in-chief_title = [[Commander in chief|Supreme Command]]
| chief minister = {{Flagicon image|onderscheidingsvlag Minister van Defensie (2023).svg|size=23px}} [[Ruben Brekelmans]]
| chief minister_title = [[List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands|Minister of Defence]]
| minister = {{Flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Secretary_of_Defence_of_the_Netherlands.svg|size=23px}}  [[Gijs Tuinman]]
| minister_title = [[List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands#List of State Secretaries for Defence|State Secretary of Defence]]
| commander = {{Flagicon image|Onderscheidingsvlag van de Commandant der Strijdkrachten 2005.svg|size=23px}} [[General]] [[Onno Eichelsheim]]
| commander_title = [[Chief of Defence (Netherlands)|Chief of Defence]]
<!-- Manpower -->| age = 17<ref>{{Cite web |title=Word militair bij de landmacht |url=http://www.werkenbijdelandmacht.nl/n/99/Jongeren-(17-jr-en-ouder).html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415095250/http://www.werkenbijdelandmacht.nl/n/99/Jongeren-(17-jr-en-ouder).html |archive-date=Apr 15, 2012 |website=Werken bij de Landmacht}}</ref>
| conscription = ''[[Conscription in the Netherlands|Inactive since 1996]]''
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| active = 42,305 (1 September 2024)<ref name="Aantallen personeel">{{cite web |url=https://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/overdefensie/het-verhaal-van-defensie/aantallen-personeel |title=Aantallen personeel |trans-title=Numbers of personnel |language=nl |website=defensie.nl|date=7 October 2023}}</ref>
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| reserve = 7,483 (1 September 2024)<ref name="Aantallen personeel"/>
| deployed = <!-- Financial -->
| amount = {{USD|23.2&nbsp;billion}} (2024)<ref>https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/2504_fs_milex_2024.pdf#page=2 {{Bare URL PDF|date=May 2025}}</ref>
| percent_GDP = 1.9% (2024)<ref name="SIPRI-2020">{{cite web |last1=Tian |first1=Nan |last2=Fleurant |first2=Aude |last3=Kuimova |first3=Alexandra |last4=Wezeman |first4=Pieter D. |last5=Wezeman |first5=Siemon T. |date=22 April 2023 |title=Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2023 |url=https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2024-04/2404_fs_milex_2023.pdf|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425064753/https://www.sipri.org/publications/2023/sipri-fact-sheets/trends-world-military-expenditure-2023 |archive-date=25 April 2022 |access-date=22 April 2024 |publisher=[[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]]}}</ref>
<!-- Industrial -->| domestic_suppliers = * [[Damen Group]]
* [[Thales Nederland]]
* [[Defenture]]
| foreign_suppliers = * [[Lockheed Martin]]
* [[Rheinmetall]]
* [[KNDS Deutschland]]
* [[BAE Systems AB|BAE Systems Hägglunds]]
| imports = 
| exports = <!-- Related articles -->
| history = [[Military history of the Netherlands]]
| ranks = [[Military ranks of the Netherlands armed forces|Military ranks of the Netherlands]]
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The '''Netherlands Armed Forces''' ({{langx|nl|Nederlandse krijgsmacht}}) are the [[military|military forces]] of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] (mainland [[Netherlands]] in Europe and islands of the [[Dutch Caribbean]]). The armed forces consist of four service branches: the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] ({{lang|nl|Koninklijke Marine}}), the [[Royal Netherlands Army]] ({{lang|nl|Koninklijke Landmacht}}), the [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]] ({{lang|nl|Koninklijke Luchtmacht}}) and the [[Royal Marechaussee|Royal Netherlands Marechaussee]] ({{lang|nl|Koninklijke Marechaussee}}). The service branches are supplemented by various joint support organizations. In addition, local conscript forces exist on the Dutch Caribbean islands of [[Aruba]] and [[Curaçao]]. These operate under the auspices of the Royal Netherlands Navy and the [[Netherlands Marine Corps]]. The armed forces are part of the [[Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)|Ministry of Defence]].

Supreme command of the armed forces is determined in Article 97 of the [[constitution of the Netherlands|constitution]], which states "The Government shall have supreme authority over the armed forces". Service members swear allegiance to the King in his role as head of state. 

The [[military ranks of the Netherlands armed forces]] are similar to those of fellow [[NATO]] member states and were established by [[Decree|Royal Decree]]. The highest-ranking [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] in the Dutch military is the [[Chief of Defence (Netherlands)|Chief of Defence]], who is a four-star officer (NATO OF-9).

After initial cooperation with the [[Bundeswehr|German army]] in 1995 through a [[I. German/Dutch Corps|Münster-located corps]] and increasing cross-linking during the following decades, all three Royal Netherlands Army combat brigades have fully integrated into German divisions as of March 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Auf dem Weg zur Verteidigungsunion: Gesamtes Heer der Niederlande ist jetzt der Bundeswehr unterstellt |language=de-DE |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/auf-dem-weg-zur-verteidigungsunion-gesamte-truppe-der-niederlande-soll-in-die-bundeswehr-eingebunden-werden-9294005.html |access-date=2023-07-17 |issn=1865-2263}}</ref>

In 2024 the Netherlands Armed Forces was awarded the [[Wateler Peace Prize]].<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=24 October 2024 |title=Nederlandse krijgsmacht krijgt vredesprijs |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2541909-nederlandse-krijgsmacht-krijgt-prestigieuze-vredesprijs |website=NOS |language=Dutch}}</ref>