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The defence of Greenland is the responsibility of the Kingdom of Denmark; the government of Greenland does not have control of Greenland's military or foreign affairs. In the history of Greenland there have been many changes of presence regarding who is in charge of the security of Greenlandic people and its land.
The Royal Danish Army (Danish: Hæren; Faroese: Herurin; Greenlandic: Sakkutuut) is the land-based branch of the Danish Armed Forces, together with the Danish Home Guard. For the last decade, the Royal Danish Army has undergone a massive transformation of structures, equipment and training methods, abandoning its traditional role of anti ...
The Danish army has temporarly borrowed models for the Canadian Army [144] after the donation of Wisent 1 to Ukraine [145] Pansret Lastvogn Bjærgningsvogn BJVG ( MAN 32.444, SX45)
This was the first time the Danish Army was a part of a combat operation since World War 2. [12] [13] On April 29, 1994, the Royal Danish Army, while on an operation to relieve an observation post as part of the United Nations Protection Force, the Jutland Dragoon Regiment came under artillery fire from the town of Kalesija.
On 31 October 2012, the Island Command Faroes and Island Command Greenland were merged under the name Joint Arctic Command, which is a joint operational command with serving personnel from the Army, Navy and Air Force, Danish Armed Forces as well as civilians.
The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol (Danish: Slædepatruljen Sirius), known informally as Siriuspatruljen (the Sirius Patrol) and formerly known as North-East Greenland Sledge Patrol and Resolute Dog Sled Patrol, [1] is an elite Danish naval unit.
Thanks to Poulsen's "tuition" of them, Kurt Olsen had reportedly matured mentally and physically, [15] whereas cousins Bjarne and Oddvar Akre thought that, in spite of the patrols activities, at least Ib Poulsen and Eli Knudsen, [36] [41] and at most them and all the other Danish elements of the Patrol were in fact German collaborators [42] or at least sympathizers, [36] who wished to kill the ...
Greenland [e] is an autonomous territory [f] in the Kingdom of Denmark. [15] [16] It is the largest of three constituent parts of the kingdom, the other two being metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands; the citizens of all territories are full citizens of Denmark.