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  Maybe it's the first step towards an integrated EU army
context: Those titles always sound as if the Netherlands are no longer having an army and if Germany is now protecting them or something.
  The NL will retain their brigades, but they no longer have any Divisions themselves (the next higher organization level).
  So when the NL and DE are going on joint operations, the NL battalions will be fully integrated into the DE division hierarchy for improved coordination and operation efficiency.
  They also aim to unify their used equipment so they can use a shared supply as well as having their troops and techs not having to train on a large array of different stuff. >
  
  So basically it would a German-Netherlands Military Group that will exist and operate together when doing joint military exercises or a theoretical joint military operation. Like anything internal for the Netherlands would be handled by the Netherlands military directly and not include the German Military, correct? >
  
  That's how I understand it, yes. >
  
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