Lieutenant General H. (Harry) van den Brink EMPM was appointed Commander of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee on 05 November 2015. Commander of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee has command of the organisation on behalf of various ministries. These are the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, the [...]
This article was first published on the EUROGENDFOR website and is reproduced with EUROGENDFOR's kind consent. From 3 to 7 August, 2015, the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) conducted with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) a first joint training in favor of 15 [...]
In the context of Romania holding the CIMIN Presidency of the European Gendarmerie Force, through the Romanian Gendarmerie, the institution organized a very complex international exercise with forces on the ground – „ROMANIAN GENDARMERIE INTERNATIONAL EXERCISE 2015 – RoGendIntEx 2015”. The international exercise, which was held from 7th to 11th of September 2015 in [...]
They swapped their grey and black uniforms for the blue one, and put on their new stripes and the gendarmerie cap. Coming from Rabat in Morocco and Amman in Jordan, lieutenant Otmane Boussebaa and captain Ashraf Al-Shra'ah have been following a three-day, full-immersion course in the Loir-et-Cher divisional gendarmerie groupement, in the centre of France. [...]
The FIEP Summit took place in Paris on October 7th and 8th, 2015, under the chairmanship of the General Director of the French Gendarmerie Nationale, General Denis FAVIER. This concluded the French Presidency of the Association, which committed itself, in close partnership with the FIEP Members, to reinforcing the operational ambitions of FIEP, boosting the [...]
On September 9th and 10th, 2015, a seminar on drones and intelligent vehicles gathered the FIEP gendarmerie forces in the general headquarters of the French gendarmerie nationale in Issy-les-Moulineaux. This seminar took place within the works conducted by the association during the French presidency, which were dedicated in 2015 to the challenges of digital transformation. [...]
Each year, tens of thousands of people are victim of online identity theft. What about you? What to do if you are concerned? Opened Facebook page showing your holidays as a profile picture, creation of a blog based on elements of your life, comments posted under your name, bank transaction or mail hacking... These [...]
How to make your navigation safe, How to react when receiving a MAYDAY. Sailing advice Make sure your nautical license and statutory documentation is up to date. Check that your vessel is sea worthy and that communication and other equipment is operating properly. Check the weather forecast for the area where you intend to sail. [...]
By car, motorcycle or public transport, at home or abroad, every journey must seriously prepared. Get all the information before and always remain careful to fully appreciate it. Preparing for your journey Before traveling, obtain travel information from the Traffic Information Centre by calling 011 (Spain number), or the Dirección General de Tráfico website www.dgt.es. [...]
Mountain in winter and summer remain a popular destination for recreational and sport activities. However, some basic precautions must be taken to prevent accidents. Advice on how to move in the mountains safely A high percentage of accidents that occur in the mountain happen due to human error that can nearly always be avoided [...]
