Matsayin Bundeswehr an bayyana shi a cikin Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Jamus a matsayin kariya ne kawai. Amma bayan hukuncin Kotun Tsarin Mulki na Tarayya a cikin 1994 an bayyana kalmar "tsaro" don haɗawa da ba kawai kare iyakokin Jamus ba, har ma da amsa rikicin da rigakafin rikici, ko kuma mafi fadi a matsayin kiyaye tsaron Jamus a ko'ina cikin duniya. A cikin 2017, sojojin Jamus suna da kimanin sojoji 3,600 a ƙasashen waje a matsayin wani ɓangare na dakarun zaman lafiya na duniya, ciki har da kimanin 1,200 da ke tallafawa ayyukan yaki da Daesh, 980 a cikin NATO Resolute Support Mission a Afghanistan, da kuma 800 a Kosovo. Har zuwa 2011, an maye gurbin aikin soja na wajibi a shekaru 18 da haihuwa, kuma za a iya dakatar da aikin soja na tsawon watanni shida a matsayin mai ba da sabis na gaggawa ko mai ba da sabis na gaggawa.
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