Now this is interesting. Germany has scrapped the whole conscription thing in favor of an all volunteer force. Now what they do to get recruits will be anyone’s guess? France does the whole Foreign Legion thing, and here in the US we have about 29,000 non-US citizens serving in our military. Not to mention all the non-US citizens serving as contractors and subcontractors overseas. There are many ways to build an army and keep it manned based on the requirements of the time. –Matt
Germany mulls foreign recruits for army
Only EU nationals to the Bundeswehr
Germany mulls foreign recruits for army
13/02/2011
Germany could recruit foreigners into its army as part of a plan to ensure it has enough manpower now that conscription has effectively been scrapped, a defence ministry official said at the weekend.
“We have to broaden the regulations to allow residents in Germany to be recruited into the armed services, if they are suitable, even if they are not German nationals,” said a draft defence ministry plan, cited by Focus weekly.
A ministry official confirmed to AFP that this was one of the measures under consideration to “increase the attractiveness of army service.”