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Military ranks of the Netherlands armed forces

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The Military ranks of the Netherlands Armed Forces are the military insignia used by the Netherlands Armed Forces.[1]

Current ranks

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Officer ranks
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Enlisted ranks
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The Dutch titles for privates are:[2]

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Cadet ranks at the Royal Military Academy and Royal Naval College

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Overseas forces

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Student officers
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Royal insignia

In 2013, the King of the Netherlands was given special insignia[a] showing the regalia orb, scepter and sword for army and navy. Although it indicates no rank, it shows his lasting connection to the armed forces.[4]

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Historic ranks

Royal Netherlands Army

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Royal Netherlands Air Force

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Royal Netherlands Navy

Officer ranks

Royal Marechaussee

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Former ranks

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Epaulette of a Technisch Opzichter in the RNLAF.
  • (Veld)Maarschalk (Field) Marshal), OF-10 of the Royal Netherlands Army, abolished in 1914.[citation needed]
  • Further in the past there were other ranks: Admiraal-generaal (General admiral), Luitenant-admiraal-generaal (nl) (Lieutenant General Admiral), and Kapitein-generaal (Captain General).[citation needed]
  • The Technisch Opzichter (Technical Supervisor) and Opzichter (Supervisor) ranks were discontinued in 1977.[citation needed]
  • The rank of Kapelmeester (Bandmaster) has been discontinued (the insignia was the same as that of Adjudant).[citation needed]
  • The rank of Onderluitenant (Under Lieutenant) existed in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. An Onderluitenant was the highest non-commissioned officer rank, between adjudant-onderofficier and tweede luitenant. After demobilizing the KNIL, professional soldiers were allowed to return or transfer to the Royal Netherlands Army or the Militaire Luchtvaart (the predecessor of the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force), while maintaining their rank. The rank insignia for Onderluitenant in the KNIL (and later the Royal Army) consisted of two dots. Onderluitenant Jacques Willem van Asdonck (Rangkasbitung, West Java, 1914) was the last Onderluitenant to leave active service in 1969.[citation needed]

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Notes

  1. Since 1983 the Dutch constitution article 97 names the government as a whole as commander in chief of the armed forces instead of a single individual. The monarch as head of state is part of the government, and holds no military ranks as individual

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