Regiment Infanterie Johan Willem Friso

The Regiment Johan Willem Friso is a line infantry regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army. Named after Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau, it is the oldest and most senior regiment in the current order of battle. The regiment currently serves in the mechanized infantry role as 44 Armoured Infantry Battalion (44Painfbat) as part of 43 Gemechaniseerde (Mechanized) Brigade.

44 Armoured Infantry Battalion JWF is deployed in Uruzgan, Afghanistan.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, August 22, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.