Staff Support Battalion shooting competition
Last week, we attended the Staff Support Battalion’s exercise in Putlos, where the annual shooting competition took place. Each year, the battalion organizes this event to give their soldiers a chance to become the next battalion champion. We were fortunate to...
Remembrance Day 2024
On 4 May, Colonel Lammerschmidt and Colonel Jongejeugd, participated in the Dutch National Military Commemoration ceremony on the Grebbeberg, in the Netherlands. Despite the rain,there was again a lot of interest in the commemoration of the dead on the Grebbeberg....
‘Size Matters’
1 German-Netherlands Corps (1GNC) is the Land Component Command HQ of the NATO Response Force (NRF), the Alliance’s rapid reaction force, in 2023. What does it take for a headquarters to fulfil this role? And what are the challenges lying ahead for the NRF against the...
1GNC’s comprehensive approach to Collective Defence
Source: https://militairespectator.nl/artikelen/1gncs-comprehensive-approach-collective-defence The war and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine demonstrate that protecting civilians in urban environments requires a comprehensive approach. Well before the Russian invasion...
NATO RESPONSE FORCE: 1 GERMAN-NETHERLANDS CORPS ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY AS NRF LAND COMPONENT 2023
1 German-Netherlands Corps assumed responsibility as NATO Response Force (NRF) land component for 2023 in a ceremony at the headquarters in Münster, Germany. The NATO land headquarters is now on-call to respond on short notice to a crisis, contingency, or operation. ...