The Danish Division ( Danish : Danske Division ), short DDIV , is the only remaining military land division in Denmark. It was created on 1 January 1997 as the successor of Jutland Division . It is one of the now-three Divisions of Multinational Corps North East (MNC NE), the German-Danish-Polish Corps, the successor to the former German-Danish Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland (LANDJUT), a NATO Allied Forces Northern Europe formation.
4-477: Due to the Danish Defence agreement 2005–2009 Danish Division is currently undergoing major reorganisation, which will not only reduce the divisional strength but also transform it from the originally mobilization unit into a permanent and available formation. As a result of this, DDIV will possibly be affiliated with Allied Rapid Reaction Corps instead. The current structure consists of an armoured brigade, which
8-404: Is a white paper for the military of Denmark , signed on June 10, 2004. It called for a significant reconstruction of the entire Danish military. At the time, it was about 60% support structure and 40% combat operational capability; it was planned to become 40% support structure and 60% combat operational capability, resulting in more combat soldiers and fewer 'paper'-soldiers. The reaction speed
12-528: Is the main combat formation, and a training brigade, plus divisional troops. The armoured brigade consists of a single tank battalion, a reconnaissance battalion and two armoured infantry battalions. Danish Division (HQ Haderslev) Danish Division (HQ Fredericia) Danish Division (HQ Fredericia) As a MechInfantry Division, Danish Division contained APCs and variants incl: Danish Defence agreement 2005%E2%80%932009 The Danish Defence agreement 2005–2009 ( Danish : Forsvarsforlig 2005-2009 )
16-411: Was to be increased, with an entire brigade on standby readiness for global deployment; the military would retain the capability to deploy 2.000 soldiers in international service, or 5.000 for a short time span. The standard mandatory conscription was modified to decrease the number of conscripts as well as the duration of their service time, and to ensure that only those who chose to would continue into
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