Empty study halls

Why the military academy now lacks “supplies”

According to the IGBO, service to the fatherland is paid unfairly.(Bild: Huber Patrick)

The unfair payment of career officers is now also making itself felt at the Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria): The first degree courses have already shrunk to the minimum number of participants. And now the pressure is being increased.

The battle for fair pay for young lieutenants is entering the next round. "Krone readers are familiar with the problem, which has been going on for decades and has recently become more and more acute: a university degree is required to become a career officer, but when it comes to pay, you are treated the same as a high school graduate - and not academics.