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Background – in brief14The veterans’ policy of the Danish government
Denmark’s security, freedom and prosperity depend,for better or worse, on the global development. Safetyand stability are being challenged by new threats, suchas international terrorism, fragile states and attacks oninternational trade. All these elements have an increasinginfluence on the horizon and the effects of our securitypolicy.The deployment of military forces is a substantial contributionto an active Danish foreign and security policy.The Defence contributes to prevent conflicts and wars,and to promote democracy, freedom and respect forbasic human rights.In the last 20 years, Denmark has substantially increasedthe amount of deployed soldiers in international operations.Simultaneously, the conflict environment and thethreats have grown more severe, and as a consequencewe have had more injured and deceased soldiers.The Defence has made a huge effort to follow up on theincreasing challenges for the individual veteran and theveterans’ relatives before, during and after a deployment.The veterans are best supported on the basis of a comprehensiveapproach towards the individual veteran.It is therefore important that this task is solved in collaborationbetween the national, regional and local levels.Those employed in the Danish Defence are obliged todo service outside the national borders. The duty to bedeployed with arms is a basic condition for the militaryemployees of the Defence. The obligation for deploymentdoes, however, imply a series of consequences for theworking and private lives of the employees.DefinitionThe term veteran describes a person who – asan individual or in a unit – has been deployed toat least one international operation. The personmay still be employed in the Defence or anotherauthority, but may also have transferred to thecivilian educational system, labour market orelsewhere.The veterans’ policy of the Danish government 5
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