Military

Hundreds seek to leave the German army

In the past two years, nearly 500 soldiers have requested to leave Germany's voluntary armed forces for reasons of conscience.

armed forces

Troops show growing discontent amid reforms

Complaints among Germany’s armed forces are up 20 percent in a year, despite the number of soldiers shrinking from 200,000 to 185,000. A delay in paying medical bills and worries over forces reform were the main causes of unrest in the ranks.

Military

Sailor: Navy 'mongs' mutiny was all a joke

The trial of six German naval sailors accused of mutiny by writing racist slurs on a superior officers legs after tying him to a table opened on Tuesday with a confession - it had all been a revenge prank.

Military

German sailors in suspected racist mutiny

A group of German naval sailors have been accused of mutiny - attacking a superior officer, tying him half-naked to a table and writing racist slurs on his legs.

Syria

German soldiers 'ready to defend Turkish border'

German soldiers and missiles seem likely to be posted to Turkey’s border with Syria soon. One report suggested the government was checking the legality of such a posting, ahead of a Turkish request expected on Monday.

navy

Parents demand fresh probe in navy death

The scandal over treatment of cadets on the Gorch Fock navy training ship widened Monday, when the father of a young woman sailor who drowned after falling from the ship in 2008 was demanding a fresh inquiry.