German military officials had been quietly flying in and out of Honolulu in 2023 holding meetings with top U.S. military leaders, according to officials knowledgeable about the planning process.

Feb. 26—The German military is planning a series of deployments to the Pacific this summer, and is looking at possibly setting up a permanent military liaison position in Hawaii at U.S. Indo ...

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As early as April 2021, the then-federal coalition of the Christian Democrats (CDU) and SPD introduced so-called “voluntary military service in homeland security.” ...

In 2021, 17.5 percent of military posts above the level of enlisted ranks were vacant. The previous year, fewer than half of the 220 posts for jet pilots in the Air Force, were occupied.

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Germany, therefore, runs little risk by maintaining a military that’s ill-equipped to fight. And this is precisely what successive German governments have done for the last three decades.