Land Forces
The land forces of the armed forces constitute the Royal Netherlands Army. The Army employs about 26.000 personnel. The highest-ranking officer in the army is the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army (Commandant Landstrijdkrachten) who reports to directly to the Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff. The main tasks are to contribute to peace, security and stability, to defend the territory of the Kingdom and NATO members and to support civilian authorities with maintaining the law, disaster relief and humanitarian aid.