Shortly before being sworn in as the 14th Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces in the Bundestag on Thursday, Henning Otte (CDU) has a lot of press appointments to attend. He is surprised at the attention. This is also thanks to his predecessor Eva Högl, who made the office more visible through many visits to the troops, he says. He wants to do the same: „For me, talking to the soldiers in person is just as essential as live rounds for the troops to fulfill their mission.“