Posted on 12/27/2018 7:01:54 AM PST by C19fan
Army general inspector Eberhard Zorn said the forces had to "look in all directions in times of a lack of qualified personnel", such as doctors and IT specialists.
The armed forces have been beset by years of under-investment.
Germany aims to increase its military by 21,000 personnel by 2025.
It has also pledged to raise its defence budget from 1.2% to to 1.5% of its gross domestic product by 2024, in the face of criticism from President Donald Trump that it does not meet the Nato target of 2% of GDP.
Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said in an interview on Thursday that 182,000 uniformed soldiers were now employed by the army, a rise of 6,500 in two years. Within seven years, that should reach 203,000.
She said the army was now made up of 12% women and this year alone one in three people applying to be an officer was a woman.
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Certainly there is a reason....... they don’t want to. Like the traitors in the American left Schumer, Pelosi, CNN, they don’t want to appear to bend to the will of President Trump
The American left ate actually Euro wannabes.
Five car badges, but it left off the number 5 in sales in favor of number 6 (2017 sales). And the third quarter numbers for 2018 show number 5 growing and number 6 sinking from 2017 numbers.
More Waffen SS than Heer for that model.
If the EU can provide forces for ISIS, they can surely supply forces to the Germans.
Ja ja....
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