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German Army Has to Leave NATO Exercises Early Because of Overtime Rules
2016-05-04
Posted by:DarthVader

#11  It was the Norwegians unfunded overtime, the Germans take comp and cash depending on budget. The Norwegians must take cash, but there was no funding.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-05-04 17:39  

#10  Please inform Alexander I that our armies have worked for 41 hours this week, and will not be able to assist at Leipzig, and that our army will re-form next work week.
Posted by: Karl Philipp   2016-05-04 15:54  

#9  Let the Romans go...it is almost five o'clock.
Posted by: Arminius   2016-05-04 15:40  

#8  ...well for that, they can save and buy cheaper Russian equipment. Proven by so many autocracies to keep the population in place.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-05-04 14:42  

#7  The EUSSR military will be there to invade European nations and harass the European aboriginal peoples who will by then not be kowtowing to what the politburo wants.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2016-05-04 14:38  

#6  Having a unified EU military is the next step in allowing each EU member nation to cut their own military capability even more -- after all, the EU military will be there to pull their chestnuts out of the fire, right?
Posted by: Steve White   2016-05-04 14:04  

#5  And the chaser is a link with the Germans praising a EU unified military.

The EU doesn't have enough military might to frighten a small Asian nation.
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-05-04 11:40  

#4  Yup, I think we wussified the Germans a tad too much...
Posted by: Steve White   2016-05-04 11:35  

#3  Well, we certainly stomped that old militarist streak out of them. File under - Fundamental Transformation
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-05-04 11:25  

#2  The story needs a graphic of Wile E. Coyote and Sam the sheepdog punching the time clock after a long day of beating the hell out of each other...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2016-05-04 11:24  

#1  How the mighty have fallen.
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-05-04 11:19  

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