THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The German military continued its rearmament ... The Bundeswehr is 21,826 heads short of its 203,000 active personnel target, the report laid out. There was a ...

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute estimates that Europe, including the U.K., has almost 1.5 million active duty personnel ... serving in the German military, or Bundeswehr ...

As an “Ungediente” – a civilian without prior military service ... trainees assist active-duty personnel and civilian organizations such as the German Red Cross, and are responsible ...

STUTTGART, Germany — An aging German military ... for a total of 181,174 personnel. The decline came despite a recruitment push that seeks to increase the military to 203,000 troops by 2031.

Overhauling the military was a key promise of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, outlined in his Zeitenwende speech, or "Turning Point" in English, immediately following the Russian invasion.

As an "Ungediente" - a civilian without prior military service ... trainees assist active-duty personnel and civilian organizations such as the German Red Cross, and are responsible for ...