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officer of the deck, set the watch. >> aye, aye, sir. >> the officer of the deck. the commander's direct representative and while on watch is responsible for the safe operation of the ship and crew. the long blast is a traditional symbol of an officer on the deck's authority and the ship of the line. we are pleased to have mr. greg willard with us today. greg was the white house staff assistant to gerald ford while he was president and served him after he left office. greg will pass the long blast to lieutenant of south orange, new jersey. the first officer of the deck. the petty officer of the watch is quartermaster first class
>> very well. we're delighted today to have our sponsor, susan ford bales with us. susan christened gerald r. ford in 2013, newport news. susan, i'd be honored if you'd join me alt-- at the podium to give the order to man our ship and bring her to life. [applaus [applause] >> mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, in the twilight of his life, dad learned of the decision to name cdn 70-a to be the u.s.s. gerald r. ford. dad felt that that was one of the highest honors he ever received, was to wear the uniform of lieutenant commander in the united states navy. so upon learning the naming
decision, dad wrote a letter about cbn 78 and he concluded his letter, quote, thus is a source of indescribable pride and humility to know that an aircraft carrier bearing my name will be permanently associated with the valor and integrity of the men and women of the united states navy, end quote. there is no one, absolutely no one who would be prouder of the commissioning of this mighty ship than the president of the united states, gerald r. ford. therefore, on behalf of the 38th president of the united states, and as your ship's sponsor, i am honored to give the command, officers and crew of the united states gerald r. ford, man our
>> ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, u.s.s. gerald r. ford salutes you. we are proud to serve in your great navy. ready, two. [applaus [applause] >> captain, the ship is manned and ready. >> very well. admiral lindsey, u.s.s. gerald r. ford is manned and ready and reports for duty to the fleet. >> very well, welcome to the fleet. make preparations getting
[applaus [applause]. ship's company. >> good morning, mr. president, secretary mattis, secretary stackley, admiral richardson, susan, distinguished visitors, shipmates, family and friends, welcome and thank you all for being here and braving the heat as we come together to celebrate this transition of this war ship from a pre commissioning unit to a capital asset. the experience of the gerald r. ford commissioning is best described like this: as each of us looks upon this great ship, a single thought must seize our minds, only the united states of america can make a machine like this. there is nothing like her in the
world today. we have witnessed a magic moment when an intricate mass of steel and cable, sophisticated engineers, marvels, suddenly come and become a living thing with a unique personality. these words were spoken over 42 years ago by then president gerald r. ford as he delivered his keynote address at the commissioning ceremony for u.s.s. nimitz. how fitting it is then, the man who presided over the first in class commissioning ceremony is recognized today as the namesake for our great ship and the first in the ford class. [applaus [applause]. much has been said about the first in class technology aboard ford, technology that, like nimitz in 1975, exists nowhere
else. the ford incorporates flexibility in the carrier platform to accommodate future systems and technologies, to ensure that the navy is ready to conduct, prompt and sustained combat, incidents, to operations at sea for decades to come. and yet, as ground breaking as this technology is, it will never supercede the quality of the sailor who operates it, and the sailors aboard today are among our nation's finest. they are talented, driven, innovative, dedicated, passionate about what they do and i am very proud to be their capta captain. [applaus
[applause] >> james e hornfish, the author of the book "the last stand of the tin can sailor" said it best, a fighting force cannot be reduced to its order of battle any more than a ship's value will be reduced to the number of guns she carries or the shaft horsepower her turbines can generate. a vessel draws life from the spirit of her crew, which derives in large part from the leadership qualities of her chiefs and officers. morale defies quantification and yet, it weighs significantly on the ultimate lethality of the tools of war. we cannot succeed absent the strength and skills of our sailors and the dedication and commitment they bring to the fight. our sailors will ensure the gerald r. ford remains
mission-ready and prepared to execute national tasking for decades to come. i want to thank legislators, ship builders, and sailors for all your efforts in taking the u.s.s. gerald r. ford from concept to delivery. and last, but certainly not least, i would like to express my gratitude to the families of our servicemen and women who supported their loved ones as we worked hard to prepare this ship for sea. your devotion and sacrifice cannot be understated and i want to thank you personally for all your support. [applaus [applause] >> team wolverine, i have the utmost faith and confidence in your ability to face challenges
ahead and i can think of no better team to take u.s.s. gerald r. ford to sea. god bless you, your families, and our navy. thank you. [applaus [applause] >> ship's company, attention. will the guests please rise? chaplin barstow will now lead us in the benediction. >> let us pray. as we prepare to end this celebration, we pause to ask for a going away blessing, a
send-off, a plea for continued blessings and protection and success, so we ask may our efforts to reach this point and beyond continue to be rewarded. may we experience protection and safety for this crew and all the sailors who will follow us, go with us, be with us, strengthen us, encourage us, guide us, and may we be granted wisdom for the journey and may integrity be the compass that we follow. we pray for the leaders of this ship, for the leaders that will follow and for the leaders of our navy and our nation which this ship serves. bless us, go with us, be with us, in your mighty name we pray, amen. ♪
>> thank you, chaplain barstow. ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated until the president and party leave the ceremony. [applaus [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, we invite you to our postcommissioning reception hosted by the u.s.s. gerald r. ford committee located in the
tent. >> some events we like to let breathe as we say in television. this is one of those events. you know, there are ceremonies and there are ceremonies, commissioning a ship, particularly the biggest ship in our naval arsenal is something very special and we felt that we would just bring the whole thing to you from stem to stern, so to speak, and we're happy that you could join us in watching this stirring commissioning of the u. is s gerald r. ford. before it was called gerald ford, a ship and now it's called the u.s.s. gerald ford. it is commissioned and it is active, it is alive. a lot of action in that ship, should be in training exercises for a while before it goes into active missions. we're very pleased to have back with us, general jack keane, retired four star generally and lt. colonel tony schaeffer to talk more about this. you know, general, some ceremonies are symbolic, but this actually activates a ship. i mean, it does something, man
our ship and bring her to life. something very stirring about a ceremony that has real effects like that. >> oh, yeah, there's no doubt about it. all of our services, you know, have unique cultures and they have ways of celebrating what their capabilities are and certainly, the united states navy, this is very unique, what our audience was able to see. i was stationed at this navy base and by the way, this is the largest navy base in the world. >> and whenever my relatives and family were coming to visit us, if there was a commissioning ceremony going on or troops coming back, a ship coming back from deployment, i always put an in there to bear witness to it. i was so delighted that you let the audience see the whole thing start to finish. >> absolutely. >> it's a unique ceremony, it's thrilling and i thought the president really delivered something special there today in the way he recognized our troops. you know, he has a way about him, his sincerity and his passion comes through how much
he cares about them. the tribute to gerald ford was so appropriate. and then, he made a little news today and this is the news he made. he talked about our readiness, he didn't want cost overruns and we've got to fix the military and then he said we've got to end sequestration. i can tell you for a fact that the record of omb submit add budget with sequestration in it and he made news today when he said he wants to end it. i'm telling you, the united states military is going to applaud that policy decision. he said it during the campaign, this is the first time he has said it publicly since he's been president. >> so colonel schaeffer is actually overriding his omb director. he's the commander-in-chief and he can do that if he wants. >> david, yeah, absolutely. the president has made very clear, it's a prime objective of his administration, to return the united states to prominence. one of the ways of doing it is showing we're going to rebuild
the military. the military has been in war since 2001. we've faced strategic threats regarding nation states and as we talked about earlier on the phone, the global terrorism. so, this is no small issue. i think the president is doing two things far more effectively than barack obama. first, as we talked about earlier, he's leading from the front and he's saying that we're going to take up that very important role of leading the world. now, this may seem like some imperial idea, but it's not. so much of what we do, david, is actually ensure the world works to benefit everyone. >> you know, colonel schaeffer, if you don't mind me interrupting. >> sure. >> there's nation building and peace through strength. those two things are very different. >> very different. >> part of the problem with the bush administration, they got into the role of nation building more than perhaps they should have. one of the benefits of ronald
reagan, he pulled back-- >> i met with former reagan folks and i live by the floss if i, bud mcfarland and chris layman. we've got to lead by example and not try to push ideas. >> let me get specific with general keane, there are nation states who want to do us harm, one is iran and north korea. not only do they want to, they have. and otto warmbier brought from north korea, died shortly afterwards and his parents did credit the president having the will to act tough with the north koreans and get him out. we heard from cia chief mike pompeo about north korea and might be plans concerning north korea, who knows, could bring the u.s.s. gerald ford into action. let me just play the sound bite and get your reaction.
>> as for the regime, i'm hopeful we will find a way to separate that regime from this system. >> it's an interesting answer. >> the north korean people, i'm sure, are lovely people and would love to see him go as well. they don't live a very good life there. >> general keane, there's always-- we always have a plan on the books, for goodness sakes, we have a plan to invade canada, if can came to that, which it won't. but as the cia chief just said, what we would like to have happen is a regime change there? >> that's actually aspirational in terms of u.s. policy and certainly, we all feel the same way, that we would certainly like that regime to go and finally have the north korean people experience what most people in the world are able to do, freedom and liberty and decide their own lives, but u.s. policy is clear and director pompeo knows it. u.s. policy is not regime change in north korea.
u.s. policy is a major international effort to bring sanctions to north korea in a way that's never been brought to it before and still, i think, to try to use china to do so, but i know for a fact that the treasury department assisted by the state department is lining up a number of significant sanctions against china if they're not going to come through here in the next few weeks, so that is the policy of the administration. that is to attempt to denuclearize north korea, not regime change it, get them to separate themselves from the nuclear weapons and ballistic missile capability and put as much pressure on them as possible to do that and keep in the offing certainly, a military option which nobody, but nobody wants to use. >> and colonel schaeffer, talking about military options we have the most powerful weapon in our arsenal in the form of the u.s.s. gerald ford now. i imagine the coast of the korean peninsula would be one of the places it would be stationed? >> well, look, that's absolutely
correct. we're going to have carrier groups as general keane said earlier, battle groups led by carriers such as the ford, out doing the hard work preparing to go in. let's be clear on this, during the original war back in the 50's. naval aviation was very important to defeating the north koreans and pushing them back and clearly i think that kim jong-un would understand that our aircraft carrier standing off his coast means we could quickly hammer them in any circumstance. and today with the ford, i think more effectively and efficiently than ever before. >> by the way, we just heard the president say we demand victory and nothing less. and secretary mattis is famous for saying, he doesn't know how to spell defeat. we have a different force leading our military. thank you, gentlemen, for staying with us throughout this commissioning, very exciting moment.
virginia republican congressman dave bratt joins us now and congressman, you are from virginia. you must be very proud? >> yeah, it's just a super day to see that ship and all the military men and women out there. we're very proud virginians today and americans. >> by the way, president trump made a direct attempt on his part to get the american people involved in pursuing his beefing up of the military, in the commissioning ceremony. let's listen in to the president. >> now, we need congress to do its job and pass the budget that provides for higher, stable, and predictable funding levels for our military needs. that our fighting men and women deserve, and you will get, believe me. president trump, i will tell you, you will get it. don't worry about it. but i don't mind getting a
little hand, so call that congressman and call that senator and make sure you get it. >> how are you going to react to those phone calls, congressman? >> yeah, very positive. i'm on the budget committee. i think you know, and the folks, we -- the budget committee and the republican house, plus, the budget, higher than the trump request level for defense, and so, and that's what makes it so crucial that that is one of the constitutional requirements of the federal government. and so, that makes it crucial that we look elsewhere for some savings and we've got the health care bill coming up, the tax cut bill coming up so we've got to get that just right as well. >> general keane said today, news was made because the president basically said he wants the budget without sequestration, without getting into too much details, that would hold back on defense. and even though his omb director
already submit add budget with sequestration. >> so the omb director did that, but we're going to break the caps this year, as it is. and so, that-- as an ongoing policy, that is, that is news worthy, but we're plumping it up beyond what the trump request was from omb. so i think the president will be happy. >> a lot of folks have looked at the past couple of weeks, the congress not able to get a health care bill done. and they're getting fed up. you are a congressman who replaced an incumbent congressman who was seen as conservative. a lot of conservatives say we need to do the same thing and challenge some of them in the upcoming elections in the primaries, with conservatives, instead moderates. what do you think? >> it's up to the american people. when you promise the american people for seven years you're
going to repeal on cnn i said look up the word repeal, it means to get rid of it. everybody can remember ten years ago. and the way the mainstream media. 90% of mainstream media folks supported hillary clinton so it's clear they want the obamacare product. they'll never give you the accurate cbo numbers and accurate polling. ask people, would you rather have your own doctor and cheaper insurance like 20 years, we all remember that, or have the federal government running health care for you? it's not an enumerated in the constitution, the military is. the lasik eye surgeries, tiger woods, et cetera, the market was 6 grand and-- >> when the market is in play we keep cheaper and more variety and less taxes. what a pleasure to have you on, congressman. your home state did well,
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right now a soldier is sitting in this tank. but soon it might be a weapons company employee. military operations are growing more and more expensive and specialist private defense contractors have taken over many military tons of development some regard with. the very system the structure smacks of the mafia you should believe all the politicians are independent once you like marionettes and dancing to the tune of the weapons industry. but in talking to the longer a war lasts the more the companies earn that's diametrically opposed to the
interests of our heads of state and government it's their duty normally to bring wars to a swift and the us notes movie super freak. in france and germany private defense contractors on just supplying equipment they're also providing expertise and personnel. for just like it when it comes to such privatization the first issue is the harm to taxpayers. in every case we've examined private contractors are more expensive than public ones here this year is too big. in both france and germany the military is in a state of transition political circumstances a complex and the military is feeling the pinch. of us sure the military must innovate and modernize before it is up me they have
also tones and the challenges are immense what new tasks lie ahead how can we modernize promotes digitalisation what new demands will our personnel face. when it comes to public displays of current prestige france's armed forces enjoy more visibility then to germany. every july the fourteenth on bastille day front celebrate its national holiday with a military parade in paris it's a demonstration of military might fighter jets thunder overhead and some four thousand soldiers march down the show's eliezer. but the french military doesn't just come from as it may seem like the german bundeswehr it has to contend with short for. although in funding personnel and equipment. yet the french of forces
often take part in military missions abroad and as an antiterrorism measure they also help protect key locations at home. since one thousand nine hundred five france has deployed its military to more than one hundred locations around the world some seven thousand three hundred french soldiers are currently deployed abroad germany has just four thousand soldiers on foreign missions. france's military expenditures are currently about one point eight percent of g.d.p. a figure the country plans to increase substantially most french weapons manufacturers a majority owned by the state. in germany that figure is one point two percent of g.d.p. an amount it's also pledged to increase defense and weapons companies a privately owned the border spares currently making headlines for gaps in equipment. the i'm tired as
a small family of eight men just isn't that look folks are good at the aircraft transport helicopters tanks some armored divisions shared tanks depends it makes no sense given our political and security situation in the tasks they've been assigned by parliament for. the bundesliga also has a personnel shortage in twenty sixteen germany had about one hundred eighty thousand active military personnel a historic low france has two hundred nine thousand troops on active duty. the french and german armed forces are under pressure outsourcing and cooperation with private contractors promise lower costs and fast results. what are the risks of this strategy how closely to the french and german militaries collaborate. with private contractors and what's the impact on democratic control and oversight. to find out more we go
to camp mama near the city of mazar e sharif in northern afghanistan some two thousand soldiers from twenty two countries are stationed here the majority from germany. germany has come on discount mom i am just going to say as launches never deployment. today many jews in the camp have been taken over by contractors those before private companies are active at camp mama the number of german troops has been slashed. when nato as i surf mission ended germany cut its deployment to a maximum of nine hundred eighty troops in afghanistan while the mission of come from our model is now a more limited one it would be impossible to run the camp without the private contractors.
one tree bordered mine commanded camp mom are for nearly a year before returning from afghanistan in late twenty seventeen. under the guise of operation we conducted our own operations particularly in the north of afghanistan talk of missions with our afghan partner in london now under mission resolute support were limited to what's called train advise and assist training advise afghan security forces at the higher leadership levels there are problems in the outskirts don't these offer off moves even. while the mission has changed the danger is still real when the advisors go to meet their afghan colleagues they move in an armored convoy the advisors are under heavy protection. they all wear bulletproof vests and helmets and they're armed. the bundeswehr has been calling
for an increase in the german presence in afghanistan for some time in march twenty eighth in the german parliament agreed that a dentition all three hundred german troops may be deployed at camp mama. left tenant colonel marco how busy responsible for the smooth operation of the camp is that he says the troop reduction has caused difficulties it isn't up to me yet we are not demised for our mission here or. in corner of and what that means is that if any soldier is unable to perform their duties we're no longer able to carry out certain functions. and. that's also why we've passed on many duties to civilian companies which provide various services. or and. given the limitations we face due to troop reductions or that we couldn't carry out our mission here without them just because you can cause.
or snooty it. with one hundred sixty seven employees equal log is the largest private contractor at camp mom miles just off base company which specializes in work in war zones handles waste management laundry and other services at the camp. most ecological ploy to use here afghans the rest come from southeastern europe and india. but there are also limits to us instead ecomog head of marketing has flown in from just a little. as of his in the thrill of the whole full part of the fun arms of this and of course we're prepared for missions like this when we don't go anywhere without providing the proper training in health safety and i'm vironment appalling our own health safety and environmental policies and our employees receive training in the food so they're prepared for the work here is in the form of our thoughts
and. more than three years after the end of the nato military mission the security situation in afghanistan has deteriorated drastically according to a un report two thousand three hundred people were killed in suicide attacks during twenty seventeen. to protect themselves from possible ambush the troops travel in a heavily armed convoy on their way to a training exercise near the camp. ecomog employees don't receive these protections they do the camps laundry off site it's a fifteen minute drive with new security the soldiers receive maximum protection the civilians not.
become dogs head of marketing concept ford says the risk is manageable was his mission here to force in those islands in the high kong the one hand you have a military force operating in a foreign country. and there's us a company. we live here and employ local staff and the military must undertake measures of an entirely different order than we don't under the demons want us for missing. an afghan security company guards the entrance but it's unlikely that a handful of aam guards could offer protection against an attack. some five hundred fifty civilian employees work at camp mama about a third are afghans. for civilians welcome to the camp can be dangerous in two thousand and six eight economic employees were kidnapped in southern afghanistan. for will kill.
anyone in the bundeswehr today knows they're likely to be deployed abroad in afghanistan to mali they'd be risking their lives. when it's a private firm say the caterers that's problematic. what happens if poorly paid filipino employees are injured or even killed in a rocket attack the looted and that. the military leadership on the ground has no choice but to rely on outsourcing. for general boredom and the operational readiness of his troops had to come first before. dusk we have an upper limit here when it comes to troop numbers and accounting and every service provided by a civilian means that we don't need a soldier to do it you know if they can focus on the military. minds at some point the german parliament has to approve every mission and it just damages troop levels
for each mandate employees of civilian contractors aren't counted in those limits critics say it's a way to evade the parliamentary mending. the german ministry of defense responded to our inquiry in writing. it said the commissioning of private service providers takes place outside the area of core military capabilities i.e. particularly in the area of logistical and technical support for this reason it does not fall under the scope of the constitutionally established parliamentary oversight. the bundeswehr defines its core military mission in afghanistan as reconnaissance surveillance security evacuation and the training of local security forces. in the case of laundry and fuel services it's easy to distinguish between
civilian and military duties. but what about when the contractor is a weapons manufacturer. house muff i.v. command is a german base defense company that specializes in homage vehicles it's also well parades repair facility in mazar e sharif. that's been on football you can read and they have contracts with various companies there are hardly any military service staff here anymore present on my nose duties of all been handed over to private industry. i was barred from security related duty the military still handles. day to day camp operations have all been taken over by civilian companies in mind for the people in the. time another german defense contractor also will parade some maintenance facility next door. we're not permitted to film that. without civilian support the surge is here and would have now wolf known treat all meals and their
vehicles wouldn't be operational. but even some of the troops have misgivings. to susie who is finnish mish. if we become too dependent on private service providers. and they don't perform those services properly we'll have no we course. it's munitions clean finish them end of this talk is let's say we take them to court and win what good will that do us if we no longer have the capabilities we need on a foreign deployment. so often out so that's the risk i take when i outsource something to civilians that i prefer to keep as part of our core capabilities. the repair and maintenance of drones most experts would agree is a coal military capability. yet even here private contractors are taking over.
about twenty m. buss employees are responsible for the operation of the header and reconnaissance drones germany leases these unmanned aerial vehicles from israel. the drills provide aerial photographs of northern afghanistan. they operate around the clock detecting booby traps generating movement profiles and supporting the assessment of the situation on the ground and. air bus technicians and soldiers sit side by side in these containers where the drone operation command center is found the german military says civilians working only within clearly defined limits. the difference in figure they're allowed to carry out technical preparations and make notes but not to fly them or to undertake surveillance the boundaries are clear audition it. why can't they fly them to do this when they're committed to fly during takeoff and landing if they're trained
drone pilots and that's in our contract in london although that doesn't always get what they don't handle any operational asked banks. this group of we've. got it all of when you control a drone on a military airfield during takeoff or landing you're at the hypocenter of military activity as. one hundred homes are being used for military purposes as they are in afghanistan. around areas of fiction come under the time. many experts say the operation of military drones by a private company poses many risks. but specific ideas of cause and one option what if one of these big heavy drones crashed harming people. and if it wasn't a german soldier a military combatant under international law controlling the drone but
a private service provider to go which can you let the situation know legal expert in the defense ministry would want to be confronted with. how would germany respond if the afghan police came to arrest that civilians wrong pilot and his name through . official government policies notwithstanding it would seem that military capabilities are being outsourced to civilian providers in afghanistan even in very delicate areas of operation. the german bundeswehr however insists that no core military capabilities are being transferred to private companies. many of the civilian drone pilots were once in the border disappear the boundary between the military and private industry is becoming increasingly plugged the military is losing control of the core competencies and private defense contractors are reaping the benefits. and the film of the what's
a company like airbus doing there anyhow it shouldn't be there defense contractors are suddenly there purely out of self interest the airbus group wants to expand its expertise and become europe's leading manufacturer of combat drone of a kind of french german military axis as on the door transition military ox it. yet says they're joining forces with the bundeswehr to test and optimize weapons often to test. weimar alterman goal is to produce our own french german combat drones and sell them on the world market for. the german ministry of defense denies this scenario and says that in light of the worsening security situation the drones needed to become operational quickly. this one time decision which has been renewed annually until now there's no precedent for future procurement procedures. the americans have taken outsourcing
a step further at one point more than thirty thousand private security contractors were active in afghanistan and iraq. germany and france are nowhere near this but the idea of recruiting civilians for military missions could also be appealing in germany. the trees missions abroad the bundeswehr has launched a major advertising initiative to burnish its image. this is fascinating off people can survive in this and are. welcome that's not as bad as you've been hearing it's worse. the video campaign may be racking up the views but it's done little to alleviate the personnel shortage. these new
recruits at a base in central germany are demonstrating what they've learned in basic training . the bundeswehr has opened its doors to recruits who have no high school diploma and even to young people under the age of eighteen in the area of i.t. the bundeswehr has even refused to physical fitness requirements. today's recruits don't need to clean latrines or do endless guard duty. these tasks have been taken over by private companies since twenty sixteen the guards in front of german military barracks are no longer some judges but civilians. good luck with that sort of i believe this is contributing to a loss of prestige it's similar to the way that i prefer to have actual teachers providing instruction in the classroom rather than the private outside employee us
. on that it would miss the enemy. but i'm going to say or should be providing security for its own turps when. i do it's almost absurd to think that security for our military base else is no longer being provided by our own armed forces but he wouldn't touch that effort the guards provided by private security companies receive only very basic training the way the contract to rewarded is also open to criticism. the biggest reason they do is as if the bundeswehr is bound by public procurement law which favors the lowest bidders for god a bid from a high quality company might not even receive consideration in the in on our budget laws give preference to the lowest bidders which will often provide the poorest service in this is a voice to give interested. in the security business labor costs a key the company with the lowest wages can offer the lowest bid but the bundeswehr
says quality also counts when i was in contract. more and more often outside security contractors don't just supply the personnel they also supply the entire security setup. security consultant stefan lojka used to be in the bourne despair he believes relying on private security companies is risky. the sleazy could have gone it was invoked is the private contractors retain ownership of their technology and infrastructure so if my employer withdraws from our contract because i've performed poorly or there was a better breach of trust the technology still remains my property which will stop when i leave the facility when the contract ends i take my property with me that means less and also eliminate in the worst case scenario of course i'm exaggerating here the facility could be left without
a fence security cameras or guard post with out everything i brought with me all of this was issued with a part in france the country's most important military complex is at the mercy of private industry a consortium of three companies manages the operation of the ministry of defense building. called the by law. it was completed in twenty fifteen the three hundred thirty thousand square meter complex has three thousand offices and one hundred eighty live eight has nearly ten thousand civil servants work here. political scientist dion fart has studied the ministries contracts with outside vendors. boutique the balart was president nicolas sarkozy's pet project but he wanted a french pentagon as he called it. said it was highly political for secrets of
a bell or had to be built cost what it may do this and it had to be built quickly but it doesn't get on the you can on the you know. president sarkozy approved the construction shortly after taking office. secretary general poor buddha oversaw all the ministries move into the new complex. see the movie walking with this decision allowed us to consolidate everything dispirit see that we used to be spread across twelve different buildings in paris that we invested one point eight billion euros in its construction and we were renting the complex for twenty seven years were you given quickly if like people during that time the rent will cover not only construction costs but also operating costs and i just figured that would be we're paying about one hundred fifty million euros a year when. the buy now is france is not just to have a public private partnership three companies covered most of the construction costs
i mean vestment that looks as if it'll pay off handsomely. the three investors also operate the building so dick so handles catering and operates what's now the largest canteen in from. the we can construction group is responsible for building management and french defense contractor tireless is providing security technology and i.t. services. the tallis group which specializes in aviation and military technology is a global plan the french state is a koan or but holds only a twenty five percent share in essence the french ministry of defense is headquartered in a building that is partly owned by a private defense contractor. the
bonobo also has a high security under ground control and command center. former general levy to now much recently became leader of the consortium. hope to sit on his all of the. raiders are united under a single roof but before we call it a fuss with an officer the major benefit is that the ministry can rely on specialists who focus exclusively on their area of expertise to news interests. to do this allows the ministry to focus on its core business. it can focus on military missions or the administration of the armed forces or pos who were doing to resell the design me. critics say the french military doesn't need to outsource in the long run they say only z.
investors will profit from the bailout and that the french government will pay through the names. of the bella the the balance was already running into trouble just weeks into the contract this is security the military complained that certain maintenance operations were far more expensive than envisioned systems but there were disagreements regarding the interpretation of the contract innovative perry we'll tell you that she didn't get us will recall how one of the major bones of contention is the fee charged for even minor modifications. the installation of an additional electrical outlet reportedly costs five thousand four hundred euro. the fee to install and maintain a printer and scanner is reportedly thirteen thousand your answers. the ministry refuses to confirm or deny those costs the complex's operators say the prices they charge a reasonable under the circumstances. sort of
a single move of the system our rights as are typical for a system that involves very highly qualified people. who change affects the entire structure if. it's not like a home where you can just install an extra outlet or a new printer you know all the people have to get used to that. is it going to fall for them over time we hope to make fewer and fewer adjustments until everything is as the ministry wants it all someone else from the city. despite that optimistic prediction expenses remain high. what's a critical role told you we've taken the criticism on board and are negotiating with our partners to review the price and performance catalog. we've spent a lot of time discussing the situations and you will make some adjustments. clearly shows. the board into
a government audit the ballarat cost about ninety million euros more than planned during its first two years of operation. moreover at least portions of the contract could have been returned to. the french ministry of defense disagrees saying the public private partnership made it possible to build the balance with few delays and two years after the move the ministry is happy with the building. about all contracts will remain in effect until twenty forty one a call. into the order to us estimate the french taxpayers will by then have shelled out five point eight billion euros for a. french minister of the armed forces for the whole spangly is diplomatic in her assessment. so i for move i believe a private public partnership was a good choice in but for me it allowed us to build the ministry very quickly
dismissed them or civil it was but it can have disadvantages and increased costs set up a debt that is why p.p.p. models need to be employed wisely and only on a case by case basis this year. the french minister of the armed forces and her cabinet have yet to move into the new headquarters they still reside in the historic hotel de brienne something the government auditor's also criticized for its inefficiency. at the seven hundred people ensure that the complex runs smoothly they handle everything from the canteen to the computers their employees not civil servants and that means they're permitted to go on strike. you don't look after them the cleavage effect this model means that we're risking an interruption
of service because you do say that risk wouldn't exist if the ministry had responsibility for operational services and employed only military personnel who are not permitted to go on strike when it breaks possessors so could the french ministry of defense be blindsided by a large scale strike the question seems to catch on poor border almost by surprise at all. or if a support staff went on strike then we'd have to find a solution by drawing on military personnel and civil servants from the ministry. to replace them i think could be better than the military of a do better than decision he's given us their. orders as it's written contract stipulates that under normal circumstances there's also losses will be provided by our partners back when also. today. the french military is struggling with a lack of funding personnel and equipment but the last construction and operating
costs appear to have swallowed any facts that remain in the defense budget. in germany to the armed forces are becoming increasingly reliant on outside contractors. the eastern german state of saxony unhide it is home to the g. using it one of europe's largest and most modern combat training facilities it's operated by heinemann time germany's largest weapons manufacturer and one of the border smears name suppliers soldiers trained here for military operations. a motorized infantry battalion based in fear ak in northeastern germany has arrived with sixty ahmed tanks.
for many soldiers this is their first contact with an actual enemy in the well not just a theoretical construct but a real enemy is the first time you see an armored battalion charging toward you it's intense soldiers need to understand what that feels like it doesn't build up from. during a military exercise the battalion that just arrived from fear will attack the units that are stationed here. left tennant can avoid gun cool has often brought his ahmed battalion here for training. because it is. for the soldiers and for me the combat training center is a highlight here set up for battalion level operations. bank haggis simulation system allows us to train under conditions that are quite realistic you can. laser attachments on the weapons record every shot and hit every person
and every vehicle also carries a g.p.s. transmitter when soldiers fire their weapons they trigger and they. each laser carries an individual signature which makes it possible to trace the weapon used to fire it. the system also registers when a soldier is hit and calculates the severity of the damage. control station is located in the training center. officers from the g. using head and from the units that have come here observe the exercise live. if something goes wrong they can intervene if necessary. to zealously it soon in france we see the enemy taking position down here he was honest about it i can also see the training group right here which is probably receiving a briefing. to clifton. who are clearly enemy in red will go into position.
listen folks it's a folks armored personnel carrier with a crew and souls that this will also be used later in the auditorium or in the mobile auditorium for assessment purposes and in the sun and then we'll tell the soldiers what they did right was us what do they gain an overview ah but they could have allowed some other soldiers to help them it was. some employees of all the t.s.a. heineman times the chin jury are also in the control room they're recording every action every movement and communication. even yet when military strategy is on show a private contractor is playing a crucial role. tasks that were once in the hands of the military are being carried out by a private company. the
bundeswehr benefits from the company's technical expertise for the company the contract is worth some twenty million euros a year. critics say this kind of outsourcing poses a danger. that shortened the markets surprising that our state would disempower itself from this one. girl in question its monopoly on the use of force here in germany is overwhelmingly considered to be a state responsibility. for that though. it's quite startling that this is being intrusted to the private sector. but i don't relevant to our national security is being used and made available to you think the state would want to ensure that private actors don't have access to it. for the military allowing outside vendors to handle certain tasks is a practical solution come a robot cough is in charge of the training center and has eight hundred sixty eight soldiers under his command two hundred fifty heineman tarn employees also work in.
the sloth to. get our work with civilian operators runs without a hitch during an eight hour day a soldier might have to leave for a shooting drill exercise or some other military task. then when they're not available for the score duty. to civilian operator does exactly the same job for the entire eight hour workday this is far more efficient to be understood as this is and if it's since given. in the armory military and civilian personnel work side by side line matal employees and soldiers attach sensors and lasers to the ahmed vehicles before the training exercises on this task they must always went together. civilian and military areas of operation one that the boundaries aren't always easy to maintain.
manon g.a.m. describes how it works. different as you can see from tonsil most of us would do that's what we're committed to do anything that has to do with the simulation system on the vehicle but we can't touch anything involving the weapon system or munitions would have off one dog would i mean it wouldn't be ten minutes you will need twenty seven that's why military personnel always need to be on hand. in case we need someone to do that kind of work with off the theme and all but more so soon this training center will also be equipped to handle other kinds of military exercises. the bundeswehr has expanded the training ground and built a modern urban training center. up to one thousand five hundred soldiers at a time will train in house to house combat here. soon there will be more than five hundred buildings including an industrial area a school and even
a prison in the future every german soldier will receive training here. come o'hagan boy is in charge of the construction. he will i know because this will fall we employ a construction method allows us to use a relatively limited set of prefabricated components to construct various kinds of buildings. just wasn't your scene they can be up to five stories tall you couldn't make these with double park but we can also use them to build small single family homes and also need some bush group in order to see over there a bank and a pharmacy would take a. climatologist being paid twenty four million euros to modernize the facilities i.t. system so that the new urban training center can use its simulation technology. the training center will cost some one hundred forty million euros but it will remain
state property. when it comes to the role of the private contractors colonel boyer is tightlipped. the industry and we have an industrial service provider that's already securing much of the training operation and who might become a partner in the future so they go mythical eyes open to come up with and. it's since been announced that heineman time will operate the genes it's training center through september two. hundred nineteen. for the defense contractor it's a lucrative operation from twenty fourteen to twenty nineteen the deal will have been worth some ninety six million euros and i'm a tire can use the buildings and the soldiers to acquire new clients. to those features on the movie here everyone wants to see what we're doing here
every country every military is keen on it when it's all home or they see it at our combat training and simulation center and want one just like it and. for the private contractor the training center is a marketing and sales opportunity for it representatives come here to be shown the military maneuvers technology and expertise on display and find matal acquires new customers. germany and france are facing similar challenges their militaries are in transition and both are likely to see their roles and missions continue to expand in the future.
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. right now a summer jury sitting in this tank. but soon it might be a weapons company employee. military operations are growing more and more expensive and specialized private defense contractors have taken over many military task development some regard with dismaying. one of the officers on the very system the structure smacks of the mafia you should never leave the politicians or independent ones may like marionettes dancing to the tune of the weapons industry. with the i'm talking to the longer a war lasts the more the companies are that's diametrically opposed to the
interests of our heads of state and government it's their duty normally to bring wars to a swift and the us notes but the super freak. in france and germany privately sends contractors on just supplying equipment they're also providing expertise and personnel. just like it when it comes to such privatization the first issue is the harm to taxpayers. in every case we've examined private contractors are more expensive than public ones remotes here the salaries for me. in both france and germany the military is in a state of transition political circumstances a complex and the military is feeling the pinch.
of us sure that military must innovate and modernized for his army to hospitals and the challenges are immense what new tasks lie ahead how can we modernize promotes digitalisation what new demands will our personnel face. when it comes to public displays of power and prestige france's armed forces enjoy more visibility and in germany. every july the fourteenth on bastille day front celebrate its national holiday with a military parade in paris it's a demonstration of military might and fighter jets thunder overhead and some four thousand soldiers march down the shoals eliezer. but the french military isn't just powerful as it may seem like the german bundeswehr it has to contend with short for . aldin funding personnel and equipment. yet the french of forces often take
part in military missions abroad and as an anti-terrorism measure they also help protect key locations at home. since one thousand nine hundred five france has deployed its military to more than one hundred locations around the world some seven thousand three hundred french soldiers are currently deployed abroad germany has just four thousand soldiers on foreign missions. france's military expenditures are currently about one point eight percent of g.d.p. a figure the country plans to increase substantially most french weapons manufacturers a majority owned by the state. in germany that figure is one point two percent of g.d.p. an amount it's also pledged to increase defense and weapons companies a privately owned the border spares currently making headlines for gaps in equipment. the i'm tired as
a small family of eight men just isn't there look for the aircraft transport helicopters tanks. armored divisions shared tanks it makes no sense given our political and security situation in the tasks they've been assigned by parliament and what the bundesliga also has a personnel shortage in twenty sixteen germany had about one hundred eighty thousand active military personnel a historic low france has two hundred nine thousand troops on active duty. the french and german armed forces are under pressure outsourcing and cooperation with private contractors promise lower costs and fast results. what are the risks of this strategy how closely to the french and german militaries collaborate. private contractors and what's the impact on democratic control and
oversight. to find out more we go to camp mama near the city of mazar e sharif in northern afghanistan some two thousand soldiers from twenty two countries are stationed here the majority from germany. germany has command of camp mom i am just going to say as launches have a deployment. today many duties in the camp have been taken over by contract and those before private companies are active at camp mama the number of german troops has been slashed. when nato as i surf mission ended germany cut its deployment to a maximum of nine hundred eighty troops in afghanistan. although the mission of compound mile is now a more limited one it'd be impossible to run the camp without the private contractors.
laundry board of mine commanded camp marmar for nearly a year before returning from afghanistan in late twenty seventeen. under the guise of operation we conduct our own operations particularly in the north of afghanistan . that missions with our afghan partners here in london now under mission resolute support were limited to what's called train advise and assist. training advise afghan security forces at the higher leadership levels there are problems in the outskirts on these off or off moves even. while the mission has changed the danger is still real when the advisers go to meet their afghan colleagues they move in an armored convoy the advisers are under heavy protection. they all wear bulletproof vests and helmets and there are and. the bundeswehr has been calling for an
increase in the german presence in afghanistan for some time in march twenty eighth ina the german parliament agreed that an additional three hundred german troops may be deployed at camp mama. left tenant colonel marco how he's responsible for the smooth operation of the camp that he says the troop reduction has caused difficulties isn't up to him yet we're not demised for our mission here. in corner of and what that means is that if any soldier is unable to perform their duties we're no longer able to carry out certain functions of our going on and. that's also why we've passed on many duties to civilian companies which provide various services. or and. given the limitations we face due to troop reductions or that we couldn't carry out our mission here without them close to calling in.
what's needed. with one hundred sixty seven employees he can log is the largest private contractor at camp mar mile just off base company which specializes in work in war zones candles waste management laundry and other services at the camp. most ecological ploy to use here afghans the rest come from southeastern europe and india. but there are also limits to us instead ecomog head of marketing has flown in from just. those of his in the through the hole for the part of the phone arms as the saying of course we're prepared for missions like this when we don't go anywhere without providing the proper training in health safety and on vironment to polish our own health safety and environmental policies and our employees receive training in the hutto they're prepared for the work here. in the form of our
thoughts and. more than three years after the end of the nato military mission the security situation in afghanistan has deteriorated drastically according to a un report two thousand three hundred people were killed in suicide attacks during twenty seventeen. to protect themselves from possible i'm bullish the troops travel in a heavily armed convoy on their way to a training exercise near the camp. economic employees don't receive these protections they do the camps laundry off site it's a fifteen minute drive with new security the soldiers receive maximum protection the civilians none.
economics head of marketing concept board says the risk is manageable was missing here too forced and as i was in the high call on the one hand you have a military force operating in a foreign country. and there's us a company. we live here and employ local staff the military must undertake measures of an entirely different order than we've got under the demons one of us is. an afghan security company guards the entrance but it's unlikely that a handful of aam guards could offer protection against an attack. some five hundred fifty civilian employees work at camp mama about a third are afghans. for civilians walking the camp can be dangerous in two thousand and six eight economic employees were kidnapped in southern afghanistan. for will kill.
anyone in the blunders there today knows they're likely to be deployed abroad in afghanistan to mali they'd be risking their lives. when it's a private firm say the caterers that's problematic. what happens if poorly paid filipino employees are injured or even killed in a rocket attack on the looted and that. the military leadership on the ground has no choice but to rely on outsourcing. for general boredom and the operational readiness of his troops had to come first for typists. we have an upper limit here when it comes to troop numbers and accounting and every service provided by a civilian means that we don't need a soldier to do it you know if they can focus on the military. minds at some point the german parliament has to approve every mission and to stablish is troop levels
for each mandate employees of civilian contractors aren't counted in those limits critics say it's a way to evade the parliamentary mending. the german ministry of defense responded to our inquiry in writing. it said the commissioning of private service providers takes place outside the area of core military capabilities i.e. particularly in the area of logistical and technical support for this reason it does not fall under the scope of the constitutionally established parliamentary oversight. the bundeswehr defines its core military mission in afghanistan as reconnaissance surveillance security evacuation and the training of local security forces. in the case of laundry and fuel services it's easy to distinguish between
civilian and military duties but what about when the contractor is a weapons manufacturer. house muff i.v. command is a german base defense company that specializes in ahmed vehicles it's also operate to repair facility in mazar e sharif. has been on what we're going to do and they have contracts with various companies there are hardly any military service staff here anymore present on my nose duties of all been handed over to private industry. i was barred from security related duty the military still handles. day to day camp operations have all been taken over by civilian companies in mind for the people in the. time another german defense contractor also well prates a maintenance facility next door. we're not permitted to film that. without civilian support the soldiers here would have no water laundry or meals and their
vehicles wouldn't be operational. but even some of the troops have misgivings. to susie who is finished mission if we become too dependent on private service providers and they don't perform those services properly will have no recourse. is munitions clean finish them end of this talk is let's say we take them to court and win what good will that do us if we no longer have the capabilities we need on a foreign deployment. so often out so that's the risk i take when i outsource something to civilians that i prefer to keep as part of our core capabilities. the repair and maintenance of drones most experts would agree is a coal military capability. yes even here private contractors are taking over.
about twenty m. buss employees are responsible for the operation of the header and reconnaissance trends germany leases these unmanned aerial vehicles from israel. the drones provide aerial photographs of northern afghanistan. they operate around the clock detecting booby traps generating movement profiles and supporting the assessment of the situation on the ground which. technicians and soldiers sit side by side in these containers where the drone operation command center is housed the german military says civilians working only within clearly defined limits. the difference in figure they're allowed to carry out technical preparations and make notes but not to fly them or to undertake surveillance the boundaries are clear. why can't they fly them to do this when they're committed to fly during takeoff and landing they're trained drone pilots
and that's in our contract in london although that doesn't always get what they don't handle any operational asked banks are what you need to know but the name of this group that we. see on it all of when you control a drone on a military airfield during takeoff or landing you're at the five percent of military activity. that's an. average one hundred homes are being used for military purposes as they are in afghanistan. around areas of fiction. can. many experts say the operation of military drones by a private company poses many. risks. but specific ideas of course i'm sure and one option what if one of these big heavy drones crashed harming people. and if it wasn't a german soldier a military combatant under international law controlling the drone but
a private service provider which can you let the situation no legal expert in the defense ministry would want to be confronted with. how would germany respond if the afghan police came to arrest that civilian their own pilot and his name to it. official government policies notwithstanding it would seem that military capabilities are being outsourced to civilian providers in afghanistan even in very delicate areas of operation. the german bundeswehr however insists that no core military capabilities are being transferred to private companies. many of the civilian drone pilots were once in the border just mia the boundary between the military and private industry is becoming increasingly blurred the military is losing control of the core competencies and private defense contractors are reaping the benefits. and the film of the story
what's the company like airbus doing there anyhow it shouldn't be their defense contractors are suddenly there purely out of self-interest the airbus group wants to expand its expertise and become europe's leading manufacturer of combat drone of a kind of french german military axis as on the door transition military oxic. yet says they're joining forces with the bundeswehr to test and optimize weapons law since it tastes. weimar all to make goal is to produce our own french german combat drones and sell them on the world market because. the german ministry of defense denies this scenario and says that in light of the worsening security situation the drones needed to become operational quickly. this one time decision which has been renewed annually until now there's no precedent for future procurement procedures. the americans have taken outsourcing
a step further at one point more than thirty thousand private security contractors were active in afghanistan and iraq. germany and france are nowhere near this but the idea of recruiting civilians for military missions could also be appealing in germany. the german born industry has a personnel shortage it now has an all volunteer force and few young people are signing up too few to handle the german military's missions abroad the bundeswehr has launched a major advertising initiative to burnish its image. this is fascinating how people can survive in this and are. welcome that's not as bad as
you've been hearing it's worse. the video campaign may be racking up the views but it's done little to alleviate the personnel shortage. these new recruits at a base in central germany are demonstrating what they've learnt in basic training. the bundeswehr has opened its doors to recruits who have no high school diploma and even to young people under the age of eighteen in the air. of i-t. the bundeswehr has even refused his physical fitness requirements. for. today's recruits don't need to clean latrines or do endless guard duty. these tasks have been taken over by private companies since twenty sixteen the guards in front of german military barracks are no longer soldiers but civilians. good luck with that sort of i believe this is contributing to
a loss of prestige it's similar to the way that i prefer to have actual teachers providing instruction in the classroom rather than a private outside employee. named. destroyer should be providing security for its own troops. as i gets almost absurd to think security here for our military base is no longer being provided by our own armed forces would he want to touch the effort the guards provided by private security companies receive only very basic training. the way the contracts are rewarded is also open to criticism. it would destroy the bundeswehr is bound by public procurement law which favors the lowest bidders for godly a bid from a high quality company might not even receive consideration when even on our budget laws give preference to the lowest bidders which will often provide the poorest
service even as a boy for securing state. in the security business labor costs a key the company with the lowest wages can offer the lowest bid but the bundeswehr says quality also counts when awarding contracts. more and more often outside security contractors don't just supply the personnel they also supply the. entire security setup. security consultant stephanie lloyd used to be in the board this man he believes relying on private security companies is risky. the sleezy could have got me was this the private contractors retain ownership of their technology and infrastructure so if my employer withdraws from our contract because i've performed poorly or there has been a breach of trust the technology still remains my property. and i leave the facility
when the contract ends i take my property with me. and even up in the worst case scenario of course i'm exaggerating here the facility could be left without a fence security cameras or guard post with out everything i brought with me one of those was issued at the port in france the country's most important military complex is at the mercy of private industry a consortium of three companies manages the operation of the ministry of defense building. called the by law. it was completed in twenty fifteen the three hundred thirty thousand square meter complex has three thousand offices and a hundred eight hell of a to us nearly ten thousand civil servants work here. political scientist dion fart has studied the ministries contract with outside vendors. boutique the balart was
president nicolas sarkozy's pet project but he wanted a french pentagon as he called it. said it was highly political for secrets of a bell or had to be built cost what it may do this and it had to be built quickly in those and on the yucatan could on the. president sarkozy approve the construction shortly after taking office. secretary general poor buddha oversaw the ministries move into the new complex. see the movie walking with this decision allowed us to consolidate everything dispirit see that we used to be spread across twelve different buildings in paris that we invested one point eight billion euros in its construction and we were renting the complex for twenty seven years were you given quickly if like people during that time the rent will cover not only construction costs but also operating costs that used to get that we're
paying about one hundred fifty million euros a year when. the by now is france is not just to have a public private partnership three companies covered most of the construction costs an investment that looks as if it'll pay off handsomely. the three investors also operate the building so dick so handles catering and operates what's now the largest canteen in france. the but we could construction group is responsible for building management and french defense contract a tireless is providing security technology and i.t. services. the tallis group which specializes in aviation and military technology is a global plan the french state is a cohen are but holds only a twenty five percent share in essence the french ministry of defense is
headquartered in a building that is partly owned by a private defense contractor. the bonobo also has a high security under ground control and command center. former general or levy to now much recently became leader of the consortium. hope to say that it's all of the op. raiders are united under a single roof of the fourth we call it the fans there were officers at the major benefit is that the ministry can rely on specialists who focus exclusively on their area of expertise the news service. this allows the ministry to focus on its core business community it can focus on military missions or the administration of the armed forces a pass for move or do they give us one resell the design me. critics say the french
military doesn't need to outsource in the long run they say only z. investors will profit from the bailout and that the french government will pay through the news noticable bella the balance was already running into trouble just weeks into the contract did she curity the military complain that certain maintenance operations were far more expensive than envisioned systems when there were disagreements regarding the interpretation of the contract innovative carry we don't create it she can see don't let us know you can have one of the major bones of contention is the fee charged for even minor modifications. the installation of an additional electrical outlet reportedly costs five thousand four hundred euro. the fee to install and maintain a printer and scanner is reportedly thirteen thousand your answers. the
ministry refuses to confirm or deny those costs the complex's operators say the prices they charge a reasonable under the circumstances. cynically a sin or move of the system our rights as are typical for a system that involves very highly qualified people. change affects the entire structure if we assume it's not like a home where you can just install an extra outlet or a new printer you know you know the people have to get used to that. is it going to fall for them over time we hope to make fewer and fewer adjustments until everything is as the ministry wants it all some new some new city. despite that optimistic prediction expenses remain high. what's a critical role told you we've taken the criticism on board and are negotiating with our partners to review the price and performance catalogue. look at hello good
to do we've spent a lot of time discussing situations and you will make some adjustments. purely issues. according to a government audit the bailout cost about ninety million euros more than planned during its first two years of operation moreover at least portions of the contract could have been returned. the french ministry of defense disagrees saying the public private partnership made it possible to build the bala with few delays and two years after the move the ministry is happy with the building. about all contracts will remain in effect until twenty forty one a call. thanks for the order to as estimate the french taxpayers will by then have shelled out five point eight billion euros for a. french minister of the armed forces flawless apparently is diplomatic in her assessment. sort of for mood i believe
a private public partnership was a good choice to him but for me it allowed us to build the ministry very quickly some yes there are civil there was that it can have disadvantages and increased costs set up a debt but that is why p.p.p. models need to be employed wisely and only on a case by case basis. the french minister of the armed forces and her cabinet have yet to move into the new headquarters they still reside in the historic hotel de brianne something the government auditor's also criticized for its inefficiency. at the seven hundred people ensure that the complex runs smoothly they handle everything from the canteen to the computers their employees not civil servants and
that means they're permitted to go on strike if. you don't look after them the cleavage effect this model means that we're risking an interruption of service on a course or two so that risk wouldn't exist if the ministry had responsibility for operational services and employed only military personnel who are not permitted to go on strike when it breaks possessors so could the french ministry of defense be blindsided by a large scale strike the question seems to catch on poor border almost by surprise but also. what if a support staff went on strike and we have to find a solution by drawing on military personnel and civil servants from the ministry. to replace them i've a could do better than immediate then decision is you can stay together as it's written contract stipulates that under normal circumstances there's also losses will be provided by our partners back when also. today.
the french military is struggling with a lack of funding personnel and equipment but the last construction and operating cost appear to have swallowed any fats that remained in the defense budget. in germany to the armed forces are becoming increasingly reliant on outside contractors. the eastern german state of saxony unquote is home to the g. using ed one of europe's largest and most modern combat training facilities it's operated by heinemann time germany's largest weapons manufacturer and one of the border smears main suppliers so just train here for military operations. a motorized infantry battalion based in fear heck in northeastern germany has arrived with sixty ahmed tanks.
yes. for many soldiers this is their first contact with an actual enemy not just a theoretical construct but a real enemy is the first time you see an armored battalion charging toward you it's intense soldiers need to understand what that feels like doesn't build. during a military exercise the battalion that just arrived from fear will attack the units that are stationed here. ten and come avoid gun cool has often brought his armored battalion here for training. does it's a disorder. for the soldiers and for me the combat training center is a highlight if you're set up for battalion level operations realists being our good
simulation system allows us to train under conditions that are quite realistic you can. laser attachments on the weapons record every shot and hit every person and every vehicle also carries a g.p.s. transmitter when soldiers fire their weapons they trigger and they send. each laser carries an individual signature which makes it possible to trace the weapon used to fire it. the system also registers when a soldier is hit and calculates the severity of the damage. control station is located in the training center officers from the g. using head and from the units that have come here observe the exercise live. if something goes wrong they can intervene if necessary. is in you know as we would soon in finds we see the enemy taking position down here
us at least about i can also see the training group right here which is probably receiving a briefing. to clifton. who would call enemy in red will go into position. listen folks it's a folks armored personnel carrier with a crew and. this will also be used later in the auditorium or in the mobile auditorium for assessment purposes look at the sun and then we'll tell the soldiers what they did right was us what do they gain an overview ah but they could have allowed some other soldiers to help them it was. some employees of r.t.a. matteis itchin journey are also in the control room they're recording every action every movement and communique. even yet when military strategy is on show a private contractor is playing a crucial role. tasks that were once in the hands of the military are being carried
out by a private company. the bundestag benefits from the company's technical expertise. for the company the contract is worth some twenty million euro raise a year. critics say this kind of outsourcing poses a danger. would have shortened us that is if the markets surprising that our state would disempower itself in this way and languish its monopoly on the use of force here in germany is overwhelmingly considered to be a state responsibility. for that though it's quite startling that this is being intrusted to the private sector dolphins but i doubt i would relevant to our national security is being used and made available to you think the state would want to ensure that private actors don't have access to it through stuff. for the military allowing outside vendors to handle certain tasks is
a practical solution come on robot cough is in charge of the training center and has eight hundred sixty eight soldiers under his command two hundred fifty heineman tarla employees also work in. the sloth to meet the m.t.v. and guitar work with civilian operators runs without a hitch during an eight hour day a soldier might have to leave for a shooting drill exercise or some other military task. it was on the sword authors as it were not available for the score duty that signaled that i've talked to civilian operator does exactly the same job for the entire eight hour workday book i'd this is far more efficient than an understatement as this isn't if it's. in. armory military and civilian personnel work side by side heineman tile employees and soldiers attached sensors and laces to the armored vehicles before the training exercises on this task they must always work together.
civilian and military areas of operation overlap the boundaries aren't always easy to maintain. the knowledge i am following describes how it works. different is a good team of talks with most of us who do the routes once were permitted to do anything that has to do with the simulation system on the vehicle but we can't touch anything involving the weapon system or munitions would have off not naugle what i mean when we don't want to miss twenty one that's why military personnel always need to be on hand in case we need someone to do that kind of work with off the field and all but more so soon this training center will also be equipped to handle other kinds of military exercises. the bundeswehr has expanded the training ground and built a modern urban training center. up to one thousand five hundred soldiers at
a time we'll train in house to house combat here. soon there will be more than five hundred buildings including an industrial area a school and even a prison in the future every german soldier will receive training here. colonel haagen boy is in charge of the construction. you go i in the congress will follow we employ a construction method that allows us to use a relatively limited set of prefabricated components to construct various kinds of buildings. just wasn't your scene they can be up to five stories tall you couldn't make decent double park but we can also use them to build small single family homes and also the. from bush through the north you see over there is a bank and a pharmacy would take a. partner tile is being paid twenty four million euros to modernize the facilities i.t.
system so that the new urban training center can use its simulation technology. the training center will cost some one hundred forty million euros but it will remain state property. when it comes to the role of the private contractors colonel boyer is tightlipped. the industry and we have an industrial service provider that's already securing much of the training operation and who might become a partner in the future so your mood literalize are open to compartment so. it's since been announced a heinemann tire will operate the genie said training center through september twenty nine teams. for the defense contractor it's a lucrative operation from twenty fourteen to twenty nineteen the deal will have been worth some ninety six million euros and i'm a tire can use the buildings and the soldiers to acquire new clients.
just on the movie here everyone wants to see what we're doing here every country every military is keen on it when it's all home or they see it at our combat training and simulation center and want one just like it. for the private contractor the training center is a marketing and sales opportunity for an representatives come here to be shown the military maneuvers technology and expertise on display at a time a ton acquires new customers. germany and france are facing similar challenges them militaries are in transition and both are likely to see their roles and missions continue to expand in the
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