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Germany: Bundeswehr ranks shrink despite recruitment drive(dw.com)

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sdl5 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun 3 months ago

They regularly and with extreme effort purge any member or recruit with even vaguely nationalist views or trad values.

To the point they ruin their lives after.

So now all they have are losers, wokesters, and those few bureaucrats in charge.

hfxB0oyA 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun 3 months ago

2 things are going on:

  1. Western militaries somehow think it's going to help recruitment to what must be the job that most requires 'toxic masculinity' by advertising how gay they are;
  2. People are starting to wake up to the bullshit of dying to increase Raytheon's stock price.

penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun 3 months ago

The total number of full-time and reservist Bundeswehr German military personnel shrank by roughly 1,500 in 2023, despite efforts to recruit more troops, Germany's Defense Ministry told the dpa news agency on Friday.

As of December 31, 2023, the total stood at roughly 181,500 men and women, compared to 183,050 at the end of the previous year.

A spokeswoman for the ministry told dpa that the Bundeswehr's goal was still to sustainably increase the size of its ranks.

"We need qualified men and women ready for operations, who will stand ready in sufficient numbers for the tasks and missions ahead," she said.

Maybe all the talk about going to war with Russia isn't helping.

chakokat[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun 3 months ago

Germany is trying, and to some degree failing, to attract more new recruits as it moves to increase defense spending following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.