Bold of you to expect someone to have experience in the ministry he/she leads.
Translations:
“d.R.” – der Reserve (Reserve)
“ungedient” – not served
“Flieger” – lowest rank of air force, means he quit before finishing conscription (due to bad sight afaik)
“Marinehelfer” – Basically Hitler youth rank for Flak(AA)-service at the end of the war
Also: The majority of these ranks were in the Wehrmacht, none in the SS, the later ones in the Bundeswehr and none in the National army of the GDR.
But Isn’t it the point to have a civilian in this position? So you have a civilian oversight over the army matters? Otherwise you might as well abolish the position and let the generals handle it all between themselves.
Side note: “Peter Struck” is widely considered one of the best in that list – he never served
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Franz Josef Strauß was a Oberleutnant, but he was corrupt as fuck. Greedy and megalomaniac is what German newspapers say about him.
If we get someone like him we would be fucked.
I don’t think there’s any pattern to it.
/s
Ngl people in such position should have been in the military before
Why minister of defence is the commander in chief of the armed forces?
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Bold of you to expect someone to have experience in the ministry he/she leads.
Translations:
“d.R.” – der Reserve (Reserve)
“ungedient” – not served
“Flieger” – lowest rank of air force, means he quit before finishing conscription (due to bad sight afaik)
“Marinehelfer” – Basically Hitler youth rank for Flak(AA)-service at the end of the war
Also: The majority of these ranks were in the Wehrmacht, none in the SS, the later ones in the Bundeswehr and none in the National army of the GDR.
But Isn’t it the point to have a civilian in this position? So you have a civilian oversight over the army matters? Otherwise you might as well abolish the position and let the generals handle it all between themselves.
Side note: “Peter Struck” is widely considered one of the best in that list – he never served
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Franz Josef Strauß was a Oberleutnant, but he was corrupt as fuck. Greedy and megalomaniac is what German newspapers say about him.
If we get someone like him we would be fucked.
I don’t think there’s any pattern to it.
/s
Ngl people in such position should have been in the military before
Why minister of defence is the commander in chief of the armed forces?