Emphatie und militaerisches Koennen-zwei Seiten einer Medaille: Rede an der Fuerungsakademie der Bundeswehr am 17. Februar 1999; Ansprache am 17. Februar 1999 zur Erinnerung an den ersten Stabsoffiziergrundlehrgang vor 25 Jahre (Empathy and Military Expertise-Two Sides of the Same Coin: Speech at the Leadership Academy of the Bundeswehr on 17 February 1999; Lecture on 17 February 1999 Remembering the First Staff Officer Training Class 25 Years Ag

This report contains two speeches on the same date at the Leadership Academy the Bundeswehr. Scharping, the Minister of Defense, is addressing the officers on the 25th anniversary of the founding of the academy. He notes that the academy also trains officers from foreign countries. The empathy Scharping refers to comes from the founders of the academy, Count Wolf von Baudessin, and is a concept of cooperative security. Scharping ties this theme to European security and the future. The second speaker, General Millotat, is the director of instruction. His lecture concerns the concept behind the academy and changing debate over course content and length of training.