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Could we have a section on where Belgian forces are currently deployed (i.e. Afghanistan) and recent deployments as part of KFOR etc.? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brigade Piron ( talk • contribs) 13:25, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
"The average age of a soldier in the Belgian armed forces is 40, one of the highest in the world. For comparison purposes, the United States armed forces had an average age of 28, which is considered one of the lowest in the world."
Could we get a cite to a source verifying the "highest" and "considered the lowest" statements? 76.110.200.142 ( talk) 23:48, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian ( talk) 19:53, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Belgian Armed Forces →
Belgian Army –
Since 2002, with a Royal Order issued by king Albert the II, Belgium have a single armed force with 4 branches and is called "Belgian Army" -> Armée belge following the Canadian example (Land Force, Naval Force, Air Force, were merged together and now they are "components" or branches within the Armée belge). In order to be clear, the
Land Component was previously named "Belgian Land Force" and not "Belgian Army", infact the word "army" may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps. --
Nicola Romani (
talk)
18:45, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Move. We have consensus that this name is well established in English sources and is less confusing than "Belgian Army". Cúchullain t/ c 17:09, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
Belgian Army → Belgian Armed Forces – The above move request was made in ignorance of the proper English translation for armee = armed forces. Following WP:UE and WP:COMMONNAME, no page for a state's whole armed forces in en:wiki should be at 'X Army' unless it is the actual official title, which is not the case here if we do our translations properly. Additionally, this article is showing up in categories as 'Belgian Army', which means that people are likely to mistakenly click on it and expect to find Belgium's land force. A possible alternative would be 'Military of Belgium' but 'Belgian Armed Forces' appears to be a more accurate translation of the actual official name. Buckshot06 (talk) 21:27, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
Weak support Per ambiguity of 'army'; though it's really called 'defence', 'armed forces' seems an acceptable translation. Oreo Priest talk 19:24, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Someone edited them to be ridiculous. Can someone fix with the proper info? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.151.165.149 ( talk) 06:49, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
I created the Structure of the Belgian Armed Forces in 1989 article with all the info about the Belgian army, navy and air force in 1989 that I could find. I am sure the info about the army, navy and air force is nearly complete, however there is no info on the Gendarmerie and no info on the nice provincial regiments. Also I might have missed some units. If anyone has information or corrections, please feel free to either add it directly to the article or leave it on my talk page. Thanks, noclador ( talk) 17:39, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
Which language is used in the Belgian army? Dutch or French? BasileusAutokratorPL ( talk) 17:24, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
The History section of the article credits the "Belgian civil security service" as playing a role in preventing the Franco Prussian War of 1870 spilling over into Belgian territory. This is rather puzzling as security services in the modern sense did not exist in 19th century European states. Could the reference be to military intelligence (which was coming into existence in a rudimentary form in some countries)? Or perhaps the Belgian Gendarmerie with its responsibility for providing frontier guards? The source reference given appears to relate to the War Department in Brussels. Can anyone clarify this? Buistr ( talk) 10:46, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
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Could we have a section on where Belgian forces are currently deployed (i.e. Afghanistan) and recent deployments as part of KFOR etc.? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brigade Piron ( talk • contribs) 13:25, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
"The average age of a soldier in the Belgian armed forces is 40, one of the highest in the world. For comparison purposes, the United States armed forces had an average age of 28, which is considered one of the lowest in the world."
Could we get a cite to a source verifying the "highest" and "considered the lowest" statements? 76.110.200.142 ( talk) 23:48, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian ( talk) 19:53, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Belgian Armed Forces →
Belgian Army –
Since 2002, with a Royal Order issued by king Albert the II, Belgium have a single armed force with 4 branches and is called "Belgian Army" -> Armée belge following the Canadian example (Land Force, Naval Force, Air Force, were merged together and now they are "components" or branches within the Armée belge). In order to be clear, the
Land Component was previously named "Belgian Land Force" and not "Belgian Army", infact the word "army" may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps. --
Nicola Romani (
talk)
18:45, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Move. We have consensus that this name is well established in English sources and is less confusing than "Belgian Army". Cúchullain t/ c 17:09, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
Belgian Army → Belgian Armed Forces – The above move request was made in ignorance of the proper English translation for armee = armed forces. Following WP:UE and WP:COMMONNAME, no page for a state's whole armed forces in en:wiki should be at 'X Army' unless it is the actual official title, which is not the case here if we do our translations properly. Additionally, this article is showing up in categories as 'Belgian Army', which means that people are likely to mistakenly click on it and expect to find Belgium's land force. A possible alternative would be 'Military of Belgium' but 'Belgian Armed Forces' appears to be a more accurate translation of the actual official name. Buckshot06 (talk) 21:27, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
Weak support Per ambiguity of 'army'; though it's really called 'defence', 'armed forces' seems an acceptable translation. Oreo Priest talk 19:24, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Someone edited them to be ridiculous. Can someone fix with the proper info? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.151.165.149 ( talk) 06:49, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
I created the Structure of the Belgian Armed Forces in 1989 article with all the info about the Belgian army, navy and air force in 1989 that I could find. I am sure the info about the army, navy and air force is nearly complete, however there is no info on the Gendarmerie and no info on the nice provincial regiments. Also I might have missed some units. If anyone has information or corrections, please feel free to either add it directly to the article or leave it on my talk page. Thanks, noclador ( talk) 17:39, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
Which language is used in the Belgian army? Dutch or French? BasileusAutokratorPL ( talk) 17:24, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
The History section of the article credits the "Belgian civil security service" as playing a role in preventing the Franco Prussian War of 1870 spilling over into Belgian territory. This is rather puzzling as security services in the modern sense did not exist in 19th century European states. Could the reference be to military intelligence (which was coming into existence in a rudimentary form in some countries)? Or perhaps the Belgian Gendarmerie with its responsibility for providing frontier guards? The source reference given appears to relate to the War Department in Brussels. Can anyone clarify this? Buistr ( talk) 10:46, 23 September 2018 (UTC)