Denmark has mandatory military service for both men and women, but the small number of Greenlandic soldiers who join the Danish defense forces are all volunteers. It suffered further casualties in the Iraq War, losing eight soldiers, according to research from the Danish Defence Medical Command. It facilitates an annual trip to Greenland for Veterans’ Day, where they meet up with serving Greenlandic soldiers and vets. Two German and three Danish ISAF soldiers were killed in an explosion near the German base in Kabul. The framework also guarantees that Russia and China will be barred from any investments in Greenland and stipulates an enhanced role for NATO in Greenland, they said.

Source: CNN January 24, 2026 23:46 UTC