Soldiers of Tank Grenadier Brigade 37 (Panzergrenadierbrigade 37) of the German Bundeswehr arrive at a ceremony marking their deployment to Afghanistan on March 6, 2009 in Frankenberg, Germany. Approximately 2,000 soldiers of the Brigade will participate in the ISAF peacekeeping mission in rotations in northern Afghanistan over the next 12 months. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images Europe) From Time Magazine:
On June 15, the German army's General Wolfgang Schneiderhan found himself in front of an audience of politicians and senior officers defending military policy — on sleeping bags. Many German soldiers "are whingeing to high heaven," Schneiderhan said at a reception thrown by the parliamentary army ombudsman, complaining about everything from being sent on yet another overseas tour of duty to the "unsuitable" sleeping bags they are given for their deployment in the Congo. Then Schneiderhan did some complaining of his own, noting the tendency for his officers to delegate blame, with no one taking responsibility for their actions. "We can't guarantee an all-round, feel-good experience for our soldiers," he said.
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My Comment:The German military is going through the same growing pains as the Japanese military. It was only a decade ago that Japan realized that they could not rely on the American umbrella for protection, and hence started the slow process of modernizing and building up their military. Germany will probably follow the same route .... if not now .... it will in the next few years.
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