Bundeswehr Day
The day of the Bundeswehr is similar to an open day ; In contrast to this, it has been carried out simultaneously across locations at several barracks and offices of the Bundeswehr and the Bundeswehr administration.
With this annual opening, the Bundeswehr wants to present itself, according to its own definition, both as a socially bound part of the Federal Republic and as an attractive employer. The "anchoring" in or the relationship to society should be deepened through the "personal" dialogue.
background
Open days had already been held every now and then for many years at the various Bundeswehr locations, although the focus was only on the respective location with the specific tasks there. However, the Bundeswehr, which, unlike many companies, is also present in the area with its locations, did not organize these Open Days on a nationwide uniform day.
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Bundeswehr and the 25th anniversary of the "Army of Unity", the first day of the Bundeswehr took place on June 13, 2015. Since then, this day has taken place once a year in the first half of June. The locations at which the Bundeswehr is represented change from year to year. Different units are presented at the individual locations.
The number of participants on Bundeswehr Day in 2019 was significantly fewer than the Bundeswehr had hoped for. In some places only half of the expected visitors came.
Bundeswehr Day 2020 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
criticism
On Bundeswehr Day, children's aid organizations and organizations of the peace movement criticize the fact that the Bundeswehr is trying to convince the population of military operations in order to recruit young people for military service . They call for the protection of children and young people, as Bundeswehr Day is particularly aimed at getting children and young people enthusiastic about the military in order to win them over as new recruits. It is criticized that the recruitment of under 18-year-olds is contrary to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child .
After the day of the Bundeswehr in 2016 , pictures were published showing children with G36 and P8 weapons as well as during an instruction at the information tables of the troops with an MP7 submachine gun when aiming and aiming. Sometimes they are instructed on the weapons by a soldier . With regard to the soldiers involved, the question of disciplinary measures was discussed. Thereupon the SPD defense expert Rainer Arnold said: "War weapons are not toys".
Overview
Overview of the venues for Bundeswehr Day .
| date | 06/13/2015 | 06/11/2016 | 06/10/2017 | 06/09/2018 | June 15, 2019 | 06/13/2020 (canceled) | 06/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bischofswiesen | Bonn | Aachen | Appen ( Marseille barracks ) | Augustdorf | Bad Vilbel ( Hessentag 2020 ) | Berlin |
| 2 | Bonn | Bückeburg ( International Helicopter Training Center ) | Augustdorf ( Field Marshal Rommel Barracks ) | Baumholder ( Baumholder Training Area ) | Bad Hersfeld ( Hessentag 2019 ) | Berlin | Brandenburg on the Havel |
| 3 | Castle | Erfurt | Diepholz | Bonn | Castle | Bonn | Dornstadt |
| 4th | Eckernförde | Frankenberg | Faßberg ( Faßberg Air Base ) | Dresden ( Graf Stauffenberg barracks ) | Cham | Eckernförde | Eckernförde |
| 5 | Flensburg ( Naval School Mürwik ) | Hamburg | Feet | Erfurt | Dillingen | Frankenberg | Derision |
| 6th | Fritzlar | Derision | Greding | Feldkirchen ( Gäuboden Barracks ) | Erding ( Defense Science Institute for Materials and Operating Materials ) | Husum ( Husum-Schwesing Airfield ) | Idar-Oberstein |
| 7th | Hanover | Koblenz | Huerth | Flensburg (Naval School Mürwik) | Fassberg | Idar-Oberstein | Leipzig |
| 8th | Koblenz | Munich | Penzing | Hamburg ( Command Academy of the Bundeswehr ) | Hamburg ( Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg ) | Laage (Laage Air Base) | Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich |
| 9 | Laupheim | Muenster | Plön | Holzdorf ( Holzdorf Air Base ) | Jagel ( Schleswig Air Base ) | Mayen ( Center for Operational Communication of the Bundeswehr ) | Muenster |
| 10 | Leipzig | Neuburg | Ruesselsheim | Ingolstadt ( pioneer barracks on the Schanz ) | Koblenz | Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich | Neubrandenburg |
| 11 | Manching | Rostock | Storkow | Mannheim | Muenster | Muenster | Neuburg on the Danube |
| 12 | Norvenich | Close | Stralsund | Meppen ( Defense Technical Office 91 ) | Nordholz ( naval aviation base ) | Storkow | Stetten am kalten Markt |
| 13 | Rostock | Stetten am kalten Markt | Ulm / Dornstadt | Murnau ( Murnau am Staffelsee ) | Pfullendorf | Veitshochheim | Storkow |
| 14th | Storkow | trier | Pastures | Oldenburg ( Henning von Tresckow barracks) | Close | Weissenfels | Warendorf |
| 15th | Wilhelmshaven | Veitshochheim | Weissenfels | Rostock ( naval base Warnemünde ) | Stralsund | Wilhelmshaven | Wilhelmshaven |
| 16 | - | Wilhelmshaven | Wilhelmshaven | Wunstorf ( Wunstorf Air Base ) | - | - | Zweibrücken |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bundeswehr : Bundeswehr Day ; accessed on: September 1, 2019
- ↑ See for example: 100 Years of the Naval School: Open House on Tuesday from 1.30pm to 4.30pm , from: August 20, 2010; accessed on: June 27, 2018
- ^ Donaukurier : WTD expects 100,000 guests , from: March 24, 2015; accessed on: June 27, 2018
- ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : "Gorch Fock" moored in Mürwik , from: June 12, 2015; accessed on: June 27, 2018
- ↑ Image : Tens of thousands in Fritzlar A 49 becomes a parking lot for “Bundeswehr Day” , from: June 13, 2015; accessed on: June 27, 2018
- ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung : The curiosity was less strong than hoped , from: June 16, 2019; accessed on: August 31, 2019
- ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine : Bundeswehr Day: Significantly fewer visitors than expected , from: June 12, 2019; accessed on: August 31, 2019
- ↑ DBwV : Bundeswehr Day 2020 canceled due to corona pandemic , from: March 24, 2020; accessed on: June 6, 2020
- ↑ Network Peace Cooperative : Bundeswehr Day ; accessed on: September 1, 2019
- ^ DFG-VK : No Bundeswehr Day ; accessed on: September 1, 2019
- ↑ terre des hommes : child soldiers ; accessed on: September 1, 2019
- ^ PR-Gau at "Bundeswehr Day" - Bundeswehr lets children play with guns. In: Der Spiegel. Retrieved July 19, 2019 .
- ^ Affair about "Bundeswehr Day. RP Online, accessed on July 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Bundeswehr lets children play with weapons. News channel: n-tv, accessed on July 19, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Flensburger Tageblatt : Ships, helicopters, soldiers: The Bundeswehr to touch , from: June 11, 2018; accessed on: June 27, 2018