- State affiliation · Netherlands
- Vigil category device · not official insignia
Identity provenance
State affiliation: Netherlands.
Vigil category device — drawn from this record’s own domain, echelon and role. Not an official insignia.
In brief
The army's rapidly deployable light-infantry brigade, moving on foot, in light vehicles and by helicopter; with the Defence Helicopter Command it forms 11 Air Manoeuvre Brigade. Garrisons are not published — the army says only "barracks across the Netherlands and abroad".
- Scope
- Structure, role, lineage and links. No subordinate records published.
- Subordination
- Subordination confirmed
- Sources
- 1 on the record
- Record state
- Partial
- Broad area of activity
- Deployable anywhere in the world, in the service's own words, within 20 days, and smaller units within 7; no garrison or current location is authored.
- Notable history
- The army describes it as "a rapidly deployable light infantry combat unit" whose soldiers "move around on foot or in light vehicles, as well as by helicopters", and which, operating together with the Defence Helicopter Command, is called 11 Air Manoeuvre Brigade. Its published employment is peace missions, counter-terrorism and crisis-management operations. The page gives character and readiness terms, not lineage: the brigade's history and its reported integration into the German rapid-forces division are not part of what the service publishes here.
- Strengths
- The shortest published deployment timelines of any Dutch formation, and a pairing with the air service's helicopters that makes it an air-manoeuvre formation rather than light infantry alone.
- Limitations
- A light brigade, published without battalions, garrisons or strength, and whose German-division affiliation rests on reporting rather than the service's own statement.
Sensitivity: Public · structural Confidence: High Sources: Netherlands Ministry of Defence (Defensie) official pages↗ Methodology Corrections
Assessed as of — 2026-09 Last reviewed — 2026-09-28
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