Talk:Military of Luxembourg

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[edit] Schiltz not Frieden

I just entered a rough date for the transition as I don't recall for sure and the MoD is a mess. What's certain is that Schiltz is no Minister of Defense (also other ministries).

I'm wondering about the Military Branch entry. The police is not part of the military (the gendarmerie used to be) it is an entirely civilian force. The confusion might stem from the fact that unlike any other democracy I know of the Police, Army and Justice recently came under the control of a single minister (no longer the case now). If there are no objections I will strike mention of the police from that list.

If there is some interest for slightly outdated data (6-7 years old, directly from the army I required it for a briefing for an MP) I can try to add more detail to the army's numerical strength (I don't think it's actually as low as stated). Though obviously my data predates the latest reforms.--Caranorn 20:56, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

I created a list of Ministers of Defence. Schiltz became minister on 22 February 2006, which you can see in Mémorial here.

Since the Gendarmerie was merged into the Grand Ducal Police in 2000, continued reference to it is certainly inappropriate. Presumably, the source of that was not misinterpretation by the contributor, but by the authors of the CIA World Factbook, who have made nice careers out of making such mistakes.

There is very detailed information at the Army's official website, which gives a complete account, down to the number of soldiers and vehicles in each platoon (even section in some cases), that touts itself as being up-to-date. That's probably the best resource that is easy to cite and easy for readers to access, so I'd use that. Bastin 00:34, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I was actually referring to more detailled data then on the Army's website (at the time I made the request for a member of parliament, the data is not confidential so I could use it, but I'll first compare it to what's on the Army site (it was not up to date last year) now (I last looked at that in detail last year for a friend)). Anyhow I'll correct that date and remove the Police... Thanks again.--Caranorn 12:19, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Females

From the article, I would guess females are not allowed to be part of the Luxembourg military but this is not particularly clear Nil Einne 12:09, 15 March 2007 (UTC)