Anonymous Coward User ID: 68633693 Ireland 04/11/2016 04:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | German army forced to lay down weapons due to 'overtime limits' The German military, once the most feared fighting force in Europe, is being forced to lay down its weapons by restrictive new overtime limits. German soldiers taking part in a four-week Nato exercise in Norway earlier this year had to leave after just 12 days because they had gone over their overtime limits, it has emerged. Troops have complained to a parliamentary watchdog that they are being forced to spend entire days doing nothing under the new rules. Ursula von der Leyen, the defence minister, has been widely criticised for reforms that have seen creches and flat-screen TVs introduced to military bases and postings limited to match school term dates. [ link to www.telegraph.co.uk] |
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User ID: 60573264 United States 04/11/2016 05:03 AM
Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: German army forced to lay down weapons due to 'overtime limits' Is this Nato? If so Trump right again! Sorry I got a headache
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 70823438 Australia 04/11/2016 05:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: German army forced to lay down weapons due to 'overtime limits' they pay there army overtime!!!!11 |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 68633693 Ireland 04/11/2016 05:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: German army forced to lay down weapons due to 'overtime limits'
they pay there army overtime!!!!11 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 70823438 And postings limited to match school term dates! Couldn't make it up... "Halt Achmed, put down that gun, I've got to pick the kids up from their violin lessons.." |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69094615 Canada 04/11/2016 05:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: German army forced to lay down weapons due to 'overtime limits' Europe is gone. The smart whites will escape to the nether regions of the world into various low populated islands or friendly Asian countries. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71898607 Slovenia 04/11/2016 05:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: German army forced to lay down weapons due to 'overtime limits' they pay there army overtime!!!!11 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 70823438 And postings limited to match school term dates! Couldn't make it up... "Halt Achmed, put down that gun, I've got to pick the kids up from their violin lessons.." Quoting: Tess. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71898607 Slovenia 04/11/2016 05:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: German army forced to lay down weapons due to 'overtime limits'
Europe is gone. The smart whites will escape to the nether regions of the world into various low populated islands or friendly Asian countries.
Quoting: Dingleberry Harvester they can move much closer, to the east, it aint that bad here and we could use quality genes input |
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User ID: 44044090 United States 04/11/2016 05:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: German army forced to lay down weapons due to 'overtime limits' We are a REPUBLIC.If we can keep it MORAN! A pissed off American Veteran! |
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User ID: 72006300 Germany 04/11/2016 05:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: German army forced to lay down weapons due to 'overtime limits' *sigh* "The world will soon wake up to the reality that everyone is broke and can collect nothing from the bankrupt, who are owed unlimited amounts by the insolvent, who are attempting to make late payments on a bank holiday in the wrong country, with an unacceptable currency, against defaulted collateral, of which nobody is sure who holds title."
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 16809165 United States 04/11/2016 05:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: German army forced to lay down weapons due to 'overtime limits' Europe is ripe for an invasion. ..... ... . ... .. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72006647 United States 04/11/2016 05:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: German army forced to lay down weapons due to 'overtime limits' female defense minister? gets me looking forward to Hillary and her cabinet. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 40216237 Sweden 04/11/2016 06:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: German army forced to lay down weapons due to 'overtime limits' The most baffling of all this, there are white males who are commies and are apparently not interested in protecting society, in protecting the females and the children. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 68633693 Ireland 04/11/2016 06:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: German army forced to lay down weapons due to 'overtime limits'
Is Germany's Military Dying?".. The Bundeswehr eventually grew to one of the largest, well-equipped armed forces in the world, boasting twelve combat divisions, hundreds of combat aircraft in the Luftwaffe (German Air Force), and a formidable force of surface ships, submarines, and maritime aircraft in the Bundesmarine (Navy) ... Germany now spends just 1.2% of GDP on defense, far below the NATO recommended 2%. ... In the past year numerous articles have arisen demonstrating the Bundeswehr’s lack of readiness. Fixed wing aircraft, helicopters and other vehicles have been grounded due to lack of spare parts, bringing readiness rates below 50%. As of October 2014, only 42 of 109 Eurofighters were in flying condition, the rest grounded by lack of spare parts. At the same time, Germany reportedly halved annual flying hours for air crews, fearing that the fuselage would become unstable..." [ link to www.nationalinterest.org] |