Flag Officers
There are currently four officers of flag rank in the Naval Component:
- Vice Admiral Pierre Warnauts, Chief of Protocol to the Court
- Divisional Admiral Marc Ectors, Director of Operations and Training at the Cabinet of the Minister of Defence
- Flotilla Admiral Michel Hofman, Commandant of the Naval Component
- Flotilla Admiral Willy Temmerman, Defence attaché in Washington, D.C.
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