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FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2013 file picture German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen pass soldiers during an office handing-over ceremony at the defense ministry in Berlin, Germany. Germany’s new defense minister is pledging to make the country’s military more attractive for people with young families as the all-professional force seeks recruits. Ursula von der Leyen, a mother of seven, became Germany’s first female defense minister last month - inheriting an ongoing military overhaul after Germany abandoned conscription in 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2013 file picture German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen pass soldiers during an office handing-over ceremony at the defense ministry in Berlin, Germany. Germany’s new defense minister is pledging to make the country’s military more attractive for people with young families as the all-professional force seeks recruits. Ursula von der Leyen, a mother of seven, became Germany’s first female defense minister last month - inheriting an ongoing military overhaul after Germany abandoned conscription in 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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