Overview

• By royal decree effective September 30, she was appointed to the reserve staff of the Netherlands’ armed forces.
• She enters as Matrose dritter Klasse in the Navy and as Gefreite dritter Klasse in the Army and Air Force.
• Her program starts at Defensity College with theoretical modules and a placement as a working student in the ministry’s administrative staff.
• The general basic training phase has been postponed until her arm has fully healed, after which promotion to non-commissioned officer is planned upon completion.
• She will combine the military program with law studies in Amsterdam, and multiple reports note she is the first woman of the Dutch royal family to serve.