The Commander-in-Chief of the Danish Army, Major General Artillery Arpe Nielsen, promised to fight “with all his might” against the shortage of personnel in the armed forces. DEA News.
“The biggest shortage we have is staff. I think we need to use every tool in our arsenal to attract and retain young people,” Nielsen said.
The Danish armed forces (including army, navy and aviation) have up to 20,000 permanent services and up to 12,000 reservists. At the same time, the enlistment of the armed forces, upon enlistment, officially passes a lottery – “losers” are sent to service, “winners” are sent to reserve. However, the vast majority of positions are occupied by volunteers.
Problems with the recruitment of units have been previously reported in the German Bundeswehr and in the US armed forces.
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