"Personnel shortage in the Bundeswehr!", "Things are looking bleak!" That's what you read everywhere. A reason to visit the head of the Wilhelmshaven career centre.

Frigate Captain Christian Clausing can be found at Rheinstraße 47, an old naval address in Wilhelmshaven. Wide corridors, typical Bundeswehr notice boards, well-known navy pictures and a friendly atmosphere. The interviewer is also in a good mood, although terms such as a shortage of applicants and a shortage of skilled labour should actually make you expect a serious face. But Clausing has known the field for a long time, having been a personnel officer in Flotilla 2 before his time as Commander of Karlsruhe, and he thinks of solutions and speaks plainly.