Leaving home, taking a year out, travelling the world: that's a path many young people choose after finishing school. But Léocadie Reimers went a different route. Rather than taking a gap year, she opted for military service in the German armed forces. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT At 24, she saw the decision as an opportunity to try something new and see a different side of life. Before her military service, Reimers had been involved in volunteer work and saw her time as an extension of that,