Danish Army

The Danish Army forms together with the Danish Home Guard the land forces of the Military of Denmark. The Danish Army is currently undergoing a thorough transformation of structures, equipment and training methods, abandoning its traditional role of anti-invasion defence, instead focusing on out of area operations via among other initiatives reducing the size of the conscripted and reserve components and increasing the active (standing army) component, changing from 60% support structure and 40% operational capability, to 60% combat operational capability and 40% support structure. Enabling the Army to deploy 1,500 troops continuously or 5,000 troops periodically in international operations without a need for extraordinary measures e.g. parliamentary pass of war funding bill. As part of the Danish Army's contribution to the collective NATO defence, Denmark has a Mechanized Division assigned to the Multinational Corps North East (MNC NE), the MNC NE consists of the Danish Division, the 14th German Mechanized Division and the 12th Polish Mechanized Division. Lithuania's Iron Wolf Brigade will be assigned to Danish Division from 2007. Discussions are ongoing as to a Danish withdrawal from the MNC NE and instead affiliate the Danish Division with Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps.