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The Suriname defense minister, Lamouré Latour, discussed with the Brazilian defense minister the possibility of the Military of Suriname acquiring from two to four Brazilian Embraer AT-29B Super Tucano light attack (COIN) trainer planes, 500 ton light patrol ships and the revitalization of the armoured vehicles supplied from Brazil in 1983. [25]
Upon independence in 1975, the military of Suriname became Surinamese Armed Forces (Surinaamse Krijgsmacht). After a coup on 25 February 1980, the armed forces became the National Army (Nationaal Leger). In 1980 the Surinamese Land Forces was formed as a division of the National Army.
The Commander of the Armed Forces (Dutch: Commandant van de strijdkrachten) is the professional head of the National Army (Dutch: Nationaal Leger—NL), the military of the Republic of Suriname. The position dates back to the country's independence from the Netherlands in 1975, with the military being named the Surinamese Armed Forces (Dutch ...
The Armed Forces of Suriname have three branches: the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy. The president of the Republic is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces ( Opperbevelhebber van de Strijdkrachten ).
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TRIS troops in Fort Sommelsdijk (1884) TRIS troops in a forest camp (c. 1904–1907) TRIS monument, near Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo). The Netherlands Armed Forces in Suriname (Troepenmacht in Suriname; TRIS, Dutch pronunciation:) was the military force maintained by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its colony of Suriname (later known as the constituent country of Suriname), in the area that ...
The Netherlands granted Suriname independence on 25 November 1975. [3] It was marked by social unrest, economic depression, and rumors of corruption. [4] The hastily created Suriname National Army had many non-commissioned officers who tried to unionize [5] and complained about corruption [3] and poor pay. [5]
The Jungle Commando (formally known as the Suriname National Liberation Army) was a guerrilla commando group in Suriname.It was founded by Ronnie Brunswijk in 1986 to ensure equal rights for Suriname's minority Maroon population.