Een uitzending is voor partners van militairen een grote belasting. Militairen zeggen soms dat een uitzending voor het thuisfront nog het zwaarste is. Meestal loopt het goed af en hoort men positieve geluiden als "onze relatie is er sterker van geworden", maar dat is helaas niet altijd het geval. Ook …

From 30 November 2000 until 18 June 2001 the Netherlands took part in the UN-mission for Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). What made this mission special was that it was the first time that SHIRBRIG (Standby Forces High Readiness Brigade) was deployed operationally. Under the leadership of the UNMEE Force …

Some four years ago, the increased attention for civil military cooperation (CIMIC) led to a situation in which the Netherlands Chief of Defence Staff requested the Services to develop a CIMIC Policy, which would give him sufficient information about the CIMIC capacities needed for the Netherlands Armed …

In this article the role of financial information in the armed forces is discussed against the background of economic behaviour. Economic behaviour envelops the optimization of the relation between resources and contribution. If resources as well as contribution can be expressed in an overall criterion …

Collaboration in organizations is not a new phenomenon indeed. Processes in organizations have always required collaboration and co-ordination between people, activities and departments. The last few years, however, there has also been increased co-operation between organizations, the so-called inter-organizational …

This book address the broad spectrum of visions on Information Operations as to foster awareness and to start further discussions.

This paper will initially describe the elements of the broad conceptual framework that was employed. It will then describe the specific concept developed within the CF and an outline of the structures that have been put into place. The paper gives observations on lessons learned, being learned and to …

Consideration whether or not a Dutch commander has sufficient and effective legal means at his or her disposal to maintain discipline

In this first issue of the Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies the Bosnian Experience is dicussed. The soldiers themselves - especially the Dutch ones - take centre stage. What did they do, or what did they do not? How did they and their home front experience it all? The contributions are the …