Lieutenant General Carsten Breuer speaks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz following his visit to the Bundeswehr Territorial Tasks Command in Berlin, Germany February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi REFILE - CORRECTING CARSTEN'S RANK 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands next to Lieutenant General Carsten Breuer as he visits the Bundeswehr Territorial Tasks Command in Berlin, Germany, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi REFILE - CORRECTING CARSTEN'S RANK 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands next to Lieutenant General Carsten Breuer as he visits the Bundeswehr Territorial Tasks Command in Berlin, Germany, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi REFILE - CORRECTING CARSTEN'S RANK 

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, Commander of the German units multinational corps and basic military organization of the German army, speaks during a Reuters interview at the von-Hardenberg barracks in Strausberg, Germany February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, Commander of the German units multinational corps and basic military organization of the German army, speaks during a Reuters interview at the von-Hardenberg barracks in Strausberg, Germany February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, Commander of the German units multinational corps and basic military organization of the German army, speaks during a Reuters interview at the von-Hardenberg barracks in Strausberg, Germany February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, Commander of the German units multinational corps and basic military organization of the German army, speaks during a Reuters interview at the von-Hardenberg barracks in Strausberg, Germany February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, Commander of the German units multinational corps and basic military organization of the German army, speaks during a Reuters interview at the von-Hardenberg barracks in Strausberg, Germany February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, Commander of the German units multinational corps and basic military organization of the German army, poses for a picture after a Reuters interview, at the von-Hardenberg barracks in Strausberg, Germany February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, Commander of the German units multinational corps and basic military organization of the German army, poses for a picture after a Reuters interview, at the von-Hardenberg barracks in Strausberg, Germany February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, Commander of the German units multinational corps and basic military organization of the German army, poses for a picture after a Reuters interview, at the von-Hardenberg barracks in Strausberg, Germany February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, Commander of the German units multinational corps and basic military organization of the German army, poses for a picture after a Reuters interview, at the von-Hardenberg barracks in Strausberg, Germany February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

British Development Minister Andrew Mitchell and Lieutenant Colonel Seb Burn, Commanding Officer of 16 Medical Regiment, visit a field hospital set up by Britain, in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Turkoglu district of Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 19, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

British Development Minister Andrew Mitchell and Lieutenant Colonel Seb Burn, Commanding Officer of 16 Medical Regiment, visit a field hospital set up by Britain, in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Turkoglu district of Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 19, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

British Development Minister Andrew Mitchell and Lieutenant Colonel Seb Burn, Commanding Officer of 16 Medical Regiment, visit a field hospital set up by Britain, in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Turkoglu district of Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 19, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Lieutenant general Marcel Mashita Mbangu, commander of the 3rd zone of defence of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), visits evacuated Luhonga community near Sake, outside Goma, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Djaffar Sabiti 

A soldier from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) stands guard during a visit of lieutenant general Marcel Mashita Mbangu, commander of the 3rd zone of defence of the FARDC, to the evacuated Luhonga community near Sake, outside Goma in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Djaffar Sabiti 

Lieutenant general Marcel Mashita Mbangu, commander of the 3rd zone of defence of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) visits evacuated Luhonga community near Sake, outside Goma, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Djaffar Sabiti 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius talks to Lieutenant Colonel Eugen Poch of German armed forces Bundeswehr, commander of the armoured infantry training area Altengrabow, Germany January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Eberhard Zorn, Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and Carsten Breuer, Lieutenant general, attend a roll call of the Territorial Command of the German armed forces Bundeswehr, at the Julius-Leber-Kaserne military barracks, in Berlin, Germany September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Eberhard Zorn, Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and Carsten Breuer, Lieutenant general, attend a roll call of the Territorial Command of the German armed forces Bundeswehr, at the Julius-Leber-Kaserne military barracks, in Berlin, Germany September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Eberhard Zorn, Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and Carsten Breuer, Lieutenant general, attend a roll call of the Territorial Command of the German armed forces Bundeswehr, at the Julius-Leber-Kaserne military barracks, in Berlin, Germany September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht, Eberhard Zorn, Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and Carsten Breuer, Lieutenant general attend a roll call of the Territorial Command of the German armed forces Bundeswehr, at the Julius-Leber-Kaserne military barracks, in Berlin, Germany September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht, Eberhard Zorn, Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and Carsten Breuer, Lieutenant general attend a roll call of the Territorial Command of the German armed forces Bundeswehr, at the Julius-Leber-Kaserne military barracks, in Berlin, Germany September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Incoming military chief Lieutenant General Bartolome Vicente Bacarro speaks during a change of command ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Philippines, August 8, 2022. Ezra Acayan/Pool via REUTERS 

Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and incoming military chief Lieutenant General Bartolome Vicente Bacarro attend a change of command ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Philippines, August 8, 2022. Ezra Acayan/Pool via REUTERS 

Incoming military chief Lieutenant General Bartolome Vicente Bacarro inspects troops during a change of command ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Philippines, August 8, 2022. Ezra Acayan/Pool via REUTERS 

Incoming military chief Lieutenant General Bartolome Vicente Bacarro inspects troops during a change of command ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Philippines, August 8, 2022. Ezra Acayan/Pool via REUTERS 

Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. looks on as incoming military chief Lieutenant General Bartolome Vicente Bacarro shakes hands with outgoing military chief General Andres Centino during a change of command ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Philippines, August 8, 2022. Ezra Acayan/Pool via REUTERS 

Lieutenant General Steven Rudder, Commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC), attends a news conference at the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium 2022 (PALS22) at JGSDF Kisarazu base in Kisarazu, east of Tokyo, Japan June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

General Yoshihide Yoshida, Chief of Staff Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, and Lieutenant General Steven Rudder, Commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC), attend a joint news conference at the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium 2022 (PALS22) at JGSDF Kisarazu base in Kisarazu, east of Tokyo, Japan June 16,2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Piper Army Cadet Callum Lowther watches as the city's Lord Provost Robert Aldridge and the Commander of Edinburgh Garrison Lieutenant Colonel Lorne Campbell light the Platinum Jubilee Beacon at Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain June 2, 2022. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne 

Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov listens to commander of Russia's 8th combined army of the Southern Military District, Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev, during a meeting at an operations centre in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 28, 2022. Picture taken March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Chingis Kondarov 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Lieutenant General meets with Commander of the Bundeswehr Operations Command Bernd Schuett at the Bundeswehr Operations Command in Schwielowsee, Germany March 4, 2022. Clemens Bilan/Pool via REUTERS 

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg shakes hands with Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces lieutenant general Martin Herem during their visit to NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group in Tapa military base, Estonia March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins 

Lieutenant General Michael Kurilla arrives to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to become Commander of Central Command during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 

Lieutenant General Michael Kurilla testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to become Commander of Central Command during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 

Lieutenant General Michael Kurilla testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to become Commander of Central Command during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 

Lieutenant General Michael Kurilla testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to become Commander of Central Command during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 

Lieutenant General Michael Kurilla testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to become Commander of Central Command during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 

Lieutenant General Michael Kurilla testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to become Commander of Central Command during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 

New Chief of Defence Staff Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman and retiring Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General Rocky Meade inspect troops at the Change of Command Parade, in Kingston, Jamaica, January 21, 2022. Picture taken January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy 

New Chief of Defence Staff Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman walks with Lieutenant Commander Judy-Ann Neil at the Change of Command Parade, in Kingston, Jamaica, January 21, 2022. Picture taken January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy 

New Chief of Defence Staff Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman and retiring Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General Rocky Meade inspect troops at the Change of Command Parade, in Kingston, Jamaica, January 21, 2022. Picture taken January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy 

Retired Taiwanese navy Lieutenant Commander Lu Li-shih poses for a photo at Soochow University in Taipei, Taiwan December 15, 2021. Picture taken December 15, 2021. To Match Special Report TAIWAN-CHINA/DIVISIONS REUTERS/Ann Wang 

Retired Taiwanese navy Lieutenant Commander Lu Li-shih poses for a photo at Soochow University in Taipei, Taiwan December 15, 2021. Picture taken December 15, 2021. To Match Special Report TAIWAN-CHINA/DIVISIONS REUTERS/Ann Wang 

Retired Taiwanese navy Lieutenant Commander Lu Li-shih poses for a photo at Soochow University in Taipei, Taiwan December 15, 2021. Picture taken December 15, 2021. To Match Special Report TAIWAN-CHINA/DIVISIONS REUTERS/Ann Wang 

U.S. 3-66 battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Paul Godson, U.S. ambassador to Lithuania, Robert Gilchrist, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, Lithuanian Defense minister Arvydas Anusauskas and Lithuanian Chief of Defense Lieutenant-General Valdemaras Rupsys react during ribbon-cutting ceremony at the opening of the U.S. army camp Herkus, in Pabrade, Lithuania, August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Janis Laizans 

Britain's Prince Charles helps plant a tree next to Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Llewelyn-Usher as he visits members of the Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks, in Windsor, Britain, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/Pool 

Britain's Prince Charles helps plant a tree next to Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Llewelyn-Usher as he visits members of the Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks, in Windsor, Britain, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/Pool 

Britain's Prince Charles helps plant a tree next to Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Llewelyn-Usher as he visits members of the Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks, in Windsor, Britain, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/Pool 

Britain's Prince Charles helps plant a tree next to Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Llewelyn-Usher as he visits members of the Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks, in Windsor, Britain, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/Pool 

Britain's Prince Charles walks with Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Llewelyn-Usher to the Officers' Mess as he arrives to visit members of the Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks, in Windsor, Britain, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/Pool 

Britain's Prince Charles is received by Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Llewelyn-Usher as he arrives to visit members of the Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks, in Windsor, Britain, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/Pool 

Britain's Prince Charles walks with Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Llewelyn-Usher as he arrives to visit members of the Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks, in Windsor, Britain, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/Pool 

Britain's Prince Charles is received by Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Llewelyn-Usher as he arrives to visit members of the Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks, in Windsor, Britain, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/Pool 

Britain's Prince Charles walks with Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Llewelyn-Usher past Quarter guard as he arrives to visit members of the Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks, in Windsor, Britain, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/Pool 

Britain's Prince Charles is received by Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Llewelyn-Usher as he arrives to visit members of the Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks, in Windsor, Britain, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/Pool 

Britain's Prince Charles is received by Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Llewelyn-Usher as he arrives to visit members of the Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks, in Windsor, Britain, May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/Pool 

Deputy commander of Iraq's Joint Operations Command, Lieutenant-General Abdul Amir al-Shammari meets Iraqi troops at Al-Qaim, Iraq January 18, 2021. Picture taken January 18, 2021. REUTERS/John Davison