Girls Camp

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The Austrian Armed Forces have called the Girls Camp the annual information events it has held since September 2016 for women between the ages of 17 and 30 who are interested in a career as a soldier .

history

The Girls Camps were held for the first time at Jäger Battalions 18 and 19 in mid-September 2016 . The aim of the events is to bring interested women closer to everyday work as a soldier. The women are stationed in a barracks for about three days and go through various stations such as drills , self-defense, military physical training, marching, camouflage and survival in the great outdoors to gain an insight into the soldier's profession.

The Girls Camps were initiated under the ministry of Hans Peter Doskozil , as it was criticized that women often do not have any insight into the profession of soldier, while men already have an idea of ​​the soldier profession because of their basic military service . Although women have been able to join the armed forces since 1998, the proportion of women in 2016 was only around two to three percent.

Around 220 people took part in the Girls Camps in 2017, and 84 at the first Girls Camps in 2018.

Held girls camps

  • 2018
    • June 29th to July 1st
    • August 31 to September 2

Accident on the Danube in September 2018

Pioneer boat

As part of the Girls Camp in Bruckneudorf at the end of August or beginning of September 2018, there was an accident on September 1, 2018 at around 10 a.m. with a pioneer boat of the armed forces while traveling on the Danube near Hainburg in Lower Austria, Bruck an der Leitha district. According to initial findings, a wave should have capsized the boat. Two women had to be resuscitated, a total of 24 other participants in the camp had to receive medical care. The event was canceled after this incident. The armed forces set up a commission of inquiry.

The 2.5 ton work and transport boat has been in use with the armed forces since 2015. So far there have been no incidents with this type of boat.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nina Weissensteiner: More women in the army: line up, sprint - and then immediately move in - derstandard.at/2000039589663/Mehr-Frauen-zum-Heer-Antreten-sprinten-und-dann-gleich-einruecken. In: derstandard.at. June 22, 2016, accessed September 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ That was the Girls' Camps 2016. In: soldatin.bundesheer.at. Federal Ministry of Defense, accessed on September 4, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Girls´ Camps - experience the soldier's profession up close. In: ots.at. Federal Ministry of Defense, July 1, 2018, accessed on September 4, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Nina Weissensteiner: Women for the Federal Army: "The Lieutenant Gustl Principle still applies today" - derstandard.at/2000043143416/Frauen-zum-Bundesheer-Bis-heute-gilt-das-Leutnant-Gustl-Prinzip. In: derstandard.at. August 22, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Girls' Camp. In: soldatin.bundesheer.at. Federal Ministry of Defense, accessed on September 4, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Army boat capsizes: 2 young women reanimated. In: krone.at. September 1, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018 .
  7. ^ Two women still in mortal danger after an army boat accident. In: derstandard.at. September 2, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Army boat capsized: Victims remain in critical condition. In: kurier.at. September 4, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018 .