German army starts training civilian reservists
By DW
14 April 2018 |
8:00 am
For years Germany's all-volunteer army has been struggling with a shortage of personnel, both for deployment abroad and at home. Now the Bundeswehr has started a pilot project, training up civilians for the army reserve.
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