Denmark has a lo 11g traditio n for e mploymen t o f (em a le personnel in rhe Armed Forces. Female personnel an~ e m ployed i n all se r vices a nd ,a r m s, inc ludin g com ba t arm s. Currently, \.ve are cond ucting a ca mpaign to m o t ivate women further to join the a rmed fo rces and make a career in one of the three Services. The regular reserve enables the Danish Anny t o trip le it.s s tr ucture in a ve ry short ti me. Consider ing the large n umber of res erv ists, is it possibl e to maintain a real in LeTopcra bil i l.y between this component a nd the units on acttvc service? As menti o ned prev iously, Lh c Da nish Army is based o n a mob ili zat ion prin c ip le . Th is mea ns that a large parL of t he Army is co mposed by res e rve forces. ln order to m ake rese rve fo t·ce u n its m ee t requi re d standa rds, an efficien t trai n ing sys tem is necessary. T he Da nis h trainin g s rs te m includes B asic Training and S upp le mentary Training in order to prepare the units [o r Article 5 o perations as m e ntioned <1bove. Units involve d in in le1· na t iona l and p eace su ppmi op~rations ~u-e s ubject to Mis s ion O ri e n Led Tr ai nin g of approxima te ly two weeks. Units in the Da ni sh Reac li on Brigade furthermore go through two weeks of Refres her Tra ini ng a t [ixed inte rvals. Suppl ementary lo tllis sys tem, an intensh·e training program is co nd ue~cd w i lh lead ers and mLLster tra ining wilh units irl order Lo ma intain rhe required levels o f t rain ing. With this sy:.;tem, Lhc Danish Army e nsures th e regui re d traini ng level fur both acti ve and reserve units, and th us inter operability between the units. Togeth e r with th e reser ve, Den m ark h as, like t h e o t he1· Scandi navian counuies, a robust Hom e Guard . In view o f its diffusion ~1l every level o f Da nish society, can the prcse n c~ or this m ili tia be consid ered a channel for <.:O mmunicalion and dia logue between society and the military? A very im portant part of Lhe Da ni s h de fence is th e H o me Gua rd . You may say that it is an e xpressio n of the wj ll of t h e Da nish population to defen u the n a Li o n . I t is an orga ni za tion mann e d will1 v oluntary p erso nnel and with a li mited n u mbt::r of regular personneL T he stre ngt h of the Home Guard is approx imately 66,000. The Home Guard was es lablisheu in 1948 b y an At:l of the Danish Parliament. Tl is divided inro th ree services witl1 a land CO lll ponent, a nava l com po nenl w it h patrol vessel s, and an air for<.:e component with 1:1 Ground Obs e r ver Corps. Although the capabilities o f the Home Guard are limited, it is the lotent ol' the Danish Govetnment lo wide n the sp ecrrurn of i ts tasks . E specially so me of I he tas ks re laLt.!d to local d e fe n ce w1its wi ll gradually be taken over by the H t>m e Gu a rd. A s a n integral pa rt of the study over the possible fu Lure Structure of 1he Danis h Armed F o r ces, t h e >:; Lt'LLcture and the role of the Hon 1e Guard will a lso be analyzed. The co nc lusion s or the s ttH.Iy have - as previous!.) mentioned stil l to be made, bu t I am sure that [he Home Guard will also in the future be a n importaut component of the Danish Am1cd Forces. 0 '''./oumalisl Gtetrur~r~r Ch~·~~~1£ll1Tl1 rr-~hr-odt Widl~ ltP©~T~ frr~ cO)p®if")['Uiffig©!rl :O•trU Jlr~.£J~{ ~ ~ • 1I E-4l2:, ll ,; r.(:, /f.'- ... 1' -~ ~· ~C?.J X'"""=· r.., l,-;:. ~ ]! 'J,i ..-... ~ I u . .,_ ·~, f.;:§tt ~. ·-~·J J ~~ii(f~~ [~ [ll ih~~t pl~t)t.v tan~J frl®)~CQI ~ITUfplt!Jirt1t2ln[ }J{)J®i[~l~n~p b«V--~· G~tru©re~l Cf1r·~~ft~t~11Uu ~i~'odlf: !S liTn1Jli1sdl ,~.f1l(f1 rn1SJ~ :~1T