Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius sharply criticizes the Berlin coalition of Red-Green-Red for ending the cooperation agreement with the Bundeswehr, seeing it as a dangerous signal against military support in light of the current threat situation. #Bundeswehr #Sicherheitspolitik #Berlin (translated)
Ralf Fuecks asked whether the Greens in Berlin and the SPD wanted to keep youth officers from the Bundeswehr out of schools in order to not militarize Berlin children, and instead wanted to strengthen democracy education. From this, he derived the question of whether the Bundeswehr is seen as undemocratic. #Demokratie #Bildung #Bundeswehr (translated)
Thorsten Alsleben suggested discussing the deployment of the Bundeswehr within the country, at least for emergencies in which the police, in his assessment, are no longer able to act. He referred to the situation in France as partially an invasion from outside and wrote that similar things would eventually happen in Germany as well. #Bundeswehr #Inland #Sicherheit (translated)
Stefan Evers sent greetings from the SPD Berlin to Boris Pistorius and referred to the announcement to terminate the cooperation agreement between the education administration and the Bundeswehr. He wrote that Moscow at least had reason to rejoice on that day. #Bildung #Bundeswehr #Kooperation (translated)
Alexander Fröhlich wrote that RGR is politically finished. According to him, schools in the federal capital should no longer be allowed to invite youth officers of the Bundeswehr. RGR apparently does not know what tasks these officers have and places the Bundeswehr against democratic education, he wrote. Putin is pleased about this, Fröhlich added. https://t.co/yzutufXys6 #Sicherheitspolitik #Bundeswehr #Demokratiebildung (translated)
A Bundeswehr officer is suspected of having filmed his underage stepdaughters while they were showering, but is still allowed to work in the operational command of the Air Force despite the ongoing investigations. #Bundeswehr #SexualisierteGewalt #Kindesmissbrauch (translated)
hw97karbine wrote that troops from the German Infantry Regiment "Großdeutschland" overpowered opponents armed with shovels during a trench-assault demonstration. https://t.co/J6PCtYiuIK #Militär #Bundeswehr #Geschichte (translated)
The author wrote that no war can be won this way and referred to investigations at the Bundeswehr regarding a so-called "sex competition" for recruits. https://t.co/6pwCd0kFg7 #Bundeswehr #Ermittlungen #Krieg #DE (translated)
The Bundestag has extended the foreign missions of the Bundeswehr in the Red Sea against the Houthi militia and in South Sudan to protect merchant ships and support the peace process. #Bundeswehr #HuthiMiliz #RotesMeer (translated)
If you have two women and 140 men in a company, you obviously won't change the culture. Military historian Sönke Neitzel sees a structural problem. #Bundeswehr #sexuellesFehlverhalten #NullToleranz (translated)
Just a few weeks ago, Inspector General Carsten Breuer called on the troops to not tolerate sexualized misconduct. #Bundeswehr #sexuellesFehlverhalten #NullToleranz (translated)
The Ministry of Defense announces consequences due to allegations of sexual misconduct in the Bundeswehr, while internal investigations and preventive measures are being initiated against a culture of turning a blind eye and for better protection of the affected individuals. #Bundeswehr #sexuellesFehlverhalten #NullToleranz (translated)
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Henning Otte, calls on Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to clarify serious allegations of sexual assault and drug abuse in the Medical Regiment Weißenfels after reports surfaced about a competition among military men for sexual contacts with female recruits. #Bundeswehr #sexuellerÜbergriff #Aufklärung (translated)
Here we will take a close look at the parliamentary process and make adjustments if necessary. The CDU politician Diana Herbstreuth, a career soldier and member of the Defense Committee, wants the needs of those affected to be taken into account in the future. #Reservestärkungsgesetz #Bundeswehr #Reservisten (translated)
The main problem is being released by the employer. Things have changed because of the Ukraine war, but it must be stated clearly that many employers still do not release people for military training. This is also happening, describes reservist and corporal Alexander during the training in Saxony-Anhalt. #Reservestärkungsgesetz #Bundeswehr #Reservisten (translated)
Today, the Bundestag will discuss the Reserve Strengthening Act, which aims to make reserve duty mandatory in order to increase the number of reservists to 200,000 by 2033, a move that is criticized by the business community and the Left Party. #Reservestärkungsgesetz #Bundeswehr #Reservisten (translated)
The article referred to the conflict of goals between the desire to quickly provide the Bundeswehr with modern weapons and the political pressure not to exclusively award contracts to foreign manufacturers, but instead to strengthen the German and European arms industry. The author wrote that therefore one could not afford to have "nice things." #Bundeswehr #Rüstungsindustrie #Waffenproduktion #DE #EU (translated)
It must be clarified without gaps how long superiors were aware of possible misconduct and why there was no intervention earlier. The CDU Bundestag member and member of the Defense Committee, Vivian Tauschwitz, described in an interview with the F.A.Z. "shocking" allegations that would raise further serious questions about the leadership culture and oversight in the Bundeswehr. #Bundeswehr #sexuellesFehlverhalten #Ermittlungen (translated)
Sexualized misconduct and assaults have no place in the Bundeswehr. Hoffmann said: "Sexualized misconduct and assaults have no place in the Bundeswehr." #Bundeswehr #sexuellesFehlverhalten #Ermittlungen (translated)
The Bundeswehr is investigating several soldiers from a training unit of the medical service in Weißenfels for serious misconduct, including sexual assaults and drug abuse, with the climate in the unit possibly contributing to these violations. #Bundeswehr #sexuellesFehlverhalten #Ermittlungen (translated)
