The Military ranks of the Netherlands armed forces are the military insignia used by the armed forces of the Netherlands.

Royal Netherlands Army

Current ranks

;Officer ranks ;Enlisted ranks The Dutch titles for privates are:

Timeline of ranks

;Officer ranks ;Enlisted ranks

Royal Netherlands Air Force

Current ranks

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when in Air Force uniform. ;Enlisted ranks

Timeline of ranks

Royal Netherlands Navy

Current ranks

;Officer ranks ;Enlisted ranks

Timeline of changes

Royal Marechaussee

Current ranks

;Officer ranks ;Enlisted ranks

Timeline of ranks

;Officer ranks ;Enlisted ranks

Cadet ranks at the Royal Military Academy and Royal Naval College

Overseas forces

;Officer ranks ;Enlisted ranks

Former ranks

* (Field) Marshal), OF-10 of the Royal Netherlands Army, abolished in 1914. * Further in the past there were other ranks: ( General admiral), ' (Lieutenant General Admiral), and (

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). * The (Technical Supervisor) and (Supervisor) ranks were discontinued in 1977. * The rank of ( Bandmaster) has been discontinued (the insignia was the same as that of Adjudant). * The rank of (Under Lieutenant) existed in the

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. An was the highest non-commissioned officer rank, between and . After demobilizing the KNIL, professional soldiers were allowed to return or transfer to the Royal Netherlands Army or the (the predecessor of the Royal Netherlands Air Force), while maintaining their rank. The rank insignia for in the KNIL (and later the Royal Army) consisted of two dots. Jacques Willem van Asdonck (

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, 1914) was the last to leave active service in 1969.

References

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Aanbieding van het gedenkboek van de T-Brigade "Tussen sawahs en bergen" door de commandant van de Brigade, kolonel D.R.A. van Langen, aan de commandant B-Divisie, generaal-majoor J.K. Meyer.

Onderofficieren van de Kader School Infanterie, gevestigd op de Isabella kazerne in Den Bosch (Vught), kijken naar een sportwedstrijd.

Sergeant der Luchtvaartafdeeling (LVA) Hansen.

Genisten (officieren, onderofficieren en minderen) in de houding op een voltooide schipbrug.
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