Stock Photo - 23 July 2020, Berlin: Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU), Minister of Defense, presents the concept for the new voluntary military service Homeland Security at a press conference at the Federal Ministry of Defense. Under the motto ""Your Year for Germany"", from 2021 there will be a complementary offer to the already known general voluntary military service. The plan is for six months of military training followed by a so-called ""basic military service"" of six years. During this period, a further six months of reserve service are to be spent flexibly in exercises, if possible in the region of the person performing military service. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa. - Berlin/Berlin/Germany