Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, head of the German Elements MN Corps/Basic Military Organisation at Strausberg, speaks during a media day of the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) in Klietz, Germany August 17, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, head of the German Elements MN Corps/Basic Military Organisation at Strausberg, speaks to the media during a media day of the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) in Klietz, Germany August 17, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, head of the German Elements MN Corps/Basic Military Organisation at Strausberg watches as Ukrainian soldiers train to use a Leopard 1A5 main battle tank during a media day of the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine, in Klietz, Germany August 17, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Joerg Hoogeveen, Commander Hub North and Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, head of the German Elements MN Corps/Basic Military Organisation at Strausberg watch as Ukrainian soldiers train to use a Leopard 1A5 main battle tank during a media day of the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine, in Klietz, Germany August 17, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, head of the German Elements MN Corps/Basic Military Organisation at Strausberg, speaks next to a Leopard 1A5 main battle tank during a media day of the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) in Klietz, Germany August 17, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, head of the German Elements MN Corps/Basic Military Organisation at Strausberg, speaks next to a Leopard 1A5 main battle tank during a media day of the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) in Klietz, Germany August 17, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Director of Public Security and Chairman of the Haj Security Committee, Lieutenant General Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Bassami speaks during the Haj security press conference at 911 headquarters in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Lieutenant General Antonio A. Aguto, Commander of Security Assistance Group–Ukraine, attends a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, as a part of a NATO Defence Ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman 

Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz speaks to the members of the media on the sidelines of a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz speaks to the members of the media on the sidelines of a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz speaks to the members of the media on the sidelines of a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz and U.S. Air National Guard Director, Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh shake hands on the sidelines of a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz and U.S. Air National Guard Director, Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh pose for a picture on the sidelines of a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz attends a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

U.S. Air National Guard Director, Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh looks on as he attends a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

United States Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann, Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz and U.S. Air National Guard Director, Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh attend a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

United States Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann and U.S. Air National Guard Director, Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh attend a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz attends a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz attends a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

United States Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann, Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz and U.S. Air National Guard Director, Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh hold a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

United States Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann shakes hands with Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz on the sidelines of a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO, in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

United States Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann, Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz and U.S. Air National Guard Director, Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh talk on the sidelines of a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO, in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

United States Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann, Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz and U.S. Air National Guard Director, Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh talk on the sidelines of a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO, in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

United States Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann, Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz and U.S. Air National Guard Director, Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh talk on the sidelines of a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO, in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

United States Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann, Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz and U.S. Air National Guard Director, Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh arrive to hold a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

United States Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann and U.S. Air National Guard Director, Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh hold a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

United States Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann, Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz and U.S. Air National Guard Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh arrive to hold a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

United States Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann, Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz and U.S. Air National Guard Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh hold a press conference about the Air Defender 23, the largest multinational deployment exercise of air forces in the history of NATO in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais next to a GTK Boxer, as he visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, poses for a group photo as he visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, flanked by German Lieutenant General and Chief of the German Army Alfons Mais, visits a training site of German army Bundeswehr in Hammelburg, Germany May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker 

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg shakes hands with German Air Force lieutenant general Ingo Gerhartz on the official opening day of a new multinational air tanker fleet terminal in Eindhoven, Netherlands March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw 

King Charles III receives Chief Royal Engineer, Lieutenant General Sir Tyrone Richard Urch, during an audience at Buckingham Palace, London. Picture date: Tuesday March 14, 2023. Victoria Jones/Pool via REUTERS 

The governor of the province of North Kivu, Lieutenant General Constant Ndima Kongba talks to Congolese Defense Minister Gilbert Kabanda after meeting the United Nations Security Council delegates in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo March 11, 2023. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi 

European Union Ambassador to the DRC Jean-Marc Chataigner and French Ambassador to the DRC Bruno Aubert stand alongside governor of the province of North Kivu, Lieutenant General Constant Ndima Kongba, as they receive the humanitarian aid from European Union (EU) flight to be distributed to the civilians displaced by fighting between the army and M23 rebels, at the airport in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi 

European Union Ambassador to the DRC Jean-Marc Chataigner and French Ambassador to the DRC Bruno Aubert stand alongside governor of the province of North Kivu, Lieutenant General Constant Ndima Kongba, as they receive the humanitarian aid from European Union (EU) flight to be distributed to the civilians displaced by fighting between the army and M23 rebels, at the airport in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi 

Lieutenant General Scott Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency testifies before a House Intelligence Committee hearing on "worldwide threats to U.S. security", on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno 

Lieutenant General Scott Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency testifies before a House Intelligence Committee hearing on "worldwide threats to U.S. security", on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno 

Lieutenant General Scott Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency testifies before a House Intelligence Committee hearing on "worldwide threats to U.S. security", on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno 

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