Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces Henning Otte presents the 2025 annual report on the state of the German Armed ...
By Sabine Siebold BERLIN, March 11 (Reuters) - Ukrainian military trainers will help Germany's military meet a target of being ready to defend against any Russian attack on NATO by 2029, the German ...
September 1, 2025: The German government is once again considering compulsory military service—a draft to address current recruitment shortfalls and anticipated military personnel needs over the next ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks at the ceremonial pledge as a central event to mark the 70th anniversary of the ...
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Roger Giraud, commander of Medical Readiness Command, Europe and command surgeon for U.S. Army Europe and ...
Dec. 5 (UPI) --The German parliament on Friday voted to introduce voluntary military service as European nations seek to boost readiness postures sparked by Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
BERLIN — When Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited the Oval Office earlier this month, President Donald Trump unwittingly channeled the psyche of a German public that is deeply conflicted over plans for ...
With German military expenditures at $55.8 billion, the Bundeswehr is the seventh highest-funded military in the world, though military expenditures remain relatively average at 1.4% of national GDP, ...
BERLIN >> Germany’s armed forces are planning how to treat a potential 1,000 wounded troops per day should a large-scale conflict between NATO and Russia break out, and amid long-standing warnings by ...
FILE PHOTO: Recruits line up for live-fire training during a media day as the German army showcases its new six-month basic training program designed to prepare soldiers for homeland defence and NATO ...
The Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces, aims to equip all soldiers with high-performing “Multitarn” camouflage uniforms by 2029. Germany’s Bundeswehr currently has about 280,000 troops in uniform, but ...
Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. The Bendlerblock is an imposing neoclassical building near the center of Berlin—severe and symmetrical ...