The latest Defence Agreement covering 2005 to 2009 constitutes significant changes to the tasks and organisation of the Danish Armed Forces. The following short extract of the Agreement is chosen to illustrate the context in which the Royal Danish Navy (RDN) is placed: 1. Danish Defence will be reorganised to provide operational capacities and to release resources that enable Danish Defence to deploy forces promptly and flexibly in international operations and to sustain deployed capacities. 2. The current mobilisation defence and affiliated structure are to be abolished. The remaining staff and support structures are to be streamlined to meet the exact needs of the operational units, including total defence and other domestic task performance. 3. The present compulsory military service scheme under the Ministry of Defence is to be reorganised and targeted on total defence. 4. The total number of operational units is to be reduced in exchange for a qualitative enhancement of the remaining units.
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