Annual Report 2020 (62Nd Report)
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German Bundestag Printed paper 19/26600 19th electoral term 23 February 2021 Information from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces Annual Report 2020 (62nd Report) Submitted with the letter of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces of 23 February 2021 pursuant to Section 2 (1) of the Act on the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces. German Bundestag – 19th electoral term – 3 – Printed paper 19/26600 Contents Page Foreword ....................................................................................................................... 5 The year under review in brief ....................................................................................... 8 1. Covid-19 pandemic 13 Administrative assistance ................................................................................................. 13 Impacts on basic operations ............................................................................................. 15 Impacts on missions abroad and quasi-operational commitments ................................... 18 Impact on personnel management .................................................................................... 21 Adjustments in daily military life .................................................................................... 25 2. Innere Führung 26 t HYPERLINK \l "_Toc69214151" Extremism at the Special Forces Extremism in other areas of the Bundeswehr .................................................................. 31 Leadership behaviour ....................................................................................................... 34 Excessive harshness in training........................................................................................ 36 Lifesaving acts or acts to help others ............................................................................... 37 3. The Bundeswehr’s financial resourcing 39 4. Personnel 39 Personnel shortages .......................................................................................................... 41 Personnel recruitment ...................................................................................................... 43 17-year-olds in the Bundeswehr ...................................................................................... 47 Higher-education dropouts ............................................................................................... 47 Military medical assessment ............................................................................................ 48 Bonuses and allowances................................................................................................... 49 The Bundeswehr’s internal labour market ....................................................................... 51 Security clearance checks ................................................................................................ 52 Training ............................................................................................................................ 55 Appraisals ........................................................................................................................ 56 Promotions ....................................................................................................................... 58 Retirement ........................................................................................................................ 59 Civilian initial and follow-on occupational training ........................................................ 60 Processing of personnel matters ....................................................................................... 62 Voluntary military service ............................................................................................... 63 Reserve ............................................................................................................................. 65 Veterans ........................................................................................................................... 67 5. Work-life balance 67 Problems of a commuter army ......................................................................................... 68 Alternative working models ............................................................................................. 70 Information and communication ...................................................................................... 71 Family-specific problems during foreign assignments .................................................... 72 Childcare .......................................................................................................................... 73 6. Women in the Bundeswehr 74 7. Diversity in the Bundeswehr 76 8. Materiel 78 Full resourcing of the Bundeswehr and operational readiness of the major weapon systems ....................................................................................................... 78 Equipment for training, exercises and deployment .......................................................... 82 Printed paper 19/26600 – 4 – German Bundestag – 19th electoral term 9. Infrastructure 87 Construction flaws and delays ......................................................................................... 88 Barracks’ resourcing ........................................................................................................ 91 10. Digitalisation 92 11. Deployments and quasi-operational commitments 96 Troop commitments ......................................................................................................... 97 MINUSMA and EUTM Mali ........................................................................................... 97 RESOLUTE SUPPORT, Afghanistan ............................................................................. 98 COUNTER DAESH and Training Support Iraq .............................................................. 99 SEA GUARDIAN and IRINI in the Mediterranean ........................................................ 99 UNIFIL in the Mediterranean ........................................................................................ 100 EUNAVFOR ATALANTA in the Indian Ocean ........................................................... 100 KFOR, Kosovo .............................................................................................................. 101 UNMISS, South Sudan .................................................................................................. 101 UNAMID, Sudan ........................................................................................................... 101 NATO in the Aegean ..................................................................................................... 101 NATO in the Baltic ........................................................................................................ 102 Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) ............................................................. 103 MWR telecommunications ............................................................................................ 103 12. Administration of justice and law violations 104 Disciplinary attorney’s offices and disciplinary and complaints courts ......................... 104 Requests for review and information ............................................................................. 105 Offences against sexual self-determination ................................................................... 106 Bullying ......................................................................................................................... 107 Ammunition theft ........................................................................................................... 108 Drugs .............................................................................................................................. 108 Crimes against the Bundeswehr ..................................................................................... 108 13. Care 109 Medical Service ............................................................................................................. 109 Deployment-related mental illnesses ............................................................................. 110 Suicides and attempted suicides ..................................................................................... 112 Disablement pensions .................................................................................................... 112 Old-age pensions ............................................................................................................ 113 Morale, welfare and recreation (MWR) ......................................................................... 114 Catering .......................................................................................................................... 115 Military chaplaincy ........................................................................................................ 116 14. Cases and petitions: Statistical overviews 118 15. Visits, meetings, discussions of the Parliamentary Commissioners for the Armed Forces 125 16. Statutory foundations of the office and tasks of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces and of service personnel’s right of petition 128 17. Organisational chart of the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces 140 18. Index 141 German Bundestag – 19th electoral term – 5 – Printed paper