Dancon, an

abbreviation An abbreviation () is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method including shortening (linguistics), shortening, contraction (grammar), contraction, initialism (which includes acronym), or crasis. An abbreviation may be a shortened for ...

of Danish Contingent, is the term that comprises all Danish national forces in a current military mission of the UN,

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, or national character. Dancon is not a military unit per se, like a

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, but rather an organisation in which all

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currently working in a mission are linked together. The

commander Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank as well as a job title in many army, armies. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countri ...

of Dancon is usually the commander of the hierarchically biggest military unit associated with the specified mission, and does not have a headquarters of its own, but rather it is that military unit's headquarters. Because several Dancons can exist at the same time, the mission name is usually added to Dancon, like

Dancon/Irak Dancon/Irak (short for ''Danish Contingent/Irak'') was a Danish ground contingent deployed to Iraq from June 2003 to July 2007, during the Iraq War. History Dancon/Irak was established on 21 March 2003, and activated on 23 April of the same year ...

or Dancon/SFOR. * Dancon/UNFICYP (early 1964 – 1993) * Dancon/UNPROFOR (April 1992 – October 1995) * Dancon/IFOR (December 1995 – December 1996) * Dancon/SFOR (December 1996 – August 2003) * Dancon/Albanien (May 1997 - August 1997) * Dancon/AFOR (June 1999 - September 1999) * Dancon/KFOR (August 1999 – date) * Dancon/UNMEE (November 2000 – July 2001) * Dancon/ISAF (January 2002 – date) * Dancon/SRO2 (March 2002 / Nato-excise Strong Resolve) *

(May 2003 – July 2007) * Dancon/ISAF (February 2012 – August 2012) * Dancon/USA (5 June 2021)

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{{Denmark-stub Military of Denmark

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