Current exercises

Whether the Army, Navy, Air Force, Joint Support and Enabling Service, Medical Service or Cyber and Information Domain Service – all Bundeswehr armed services and major organisational elements conduct regular exercises of their capabilities in order to be operational and ready for defence in an emergency. Certification exercises for multinational commitments, such as the NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization Response Force, and demonstration exercises are also an integral part of the Bundeswehr’s standard repertoire of exercises. The Army conducts the most frequent exercises simply because of its size, with some 60,000 military personnel. By contrast, supporting elements such as the Medical Service, logistics, military police and signallers rarely conduct their own exercises and are generally integrated into the armed services’ larger exercises. An overview.