Thereafter, the Bundeswehr became an all-volunteer army, which has since been faced with the mounting challenge of finding sufficient numbers of appropriate recruits. Hence, the goals of increasing the importance of the reserve force and of shifting responsibilities from active service members to reservists have gained popularity in recent years. A primary building block of the pertinent master plan of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) is the deployment of an efficient cyber reserve. The Military Information and Cyber Domain Service (MCS) is in charge of organizing all aspects of the cyber reserve. The MCS is the youngest branch of the military part of Germany’s federal defense force, which also includes the Army, Navy, Air Force, Joint Support Service and Joint Medical Service. It is responsible for the cyber, information technology (IT), military intelligence, geoinformation and operative communications units. Unlike the traditional branches of the military, the MCS can act largely autonomously...” Excerpt from Rupert Brandmeier et al., “At The Ready,” per Concordiam: Journal of European Security Defense Issues 10, No. 4, 2021: 24-29.www.marshallcenter.org/sites/default/files/files/2021-02/perCon_V10N4_en_Brandmeier_v2.pdf