Additional units consisting of reservists and conscripts could be formed based on the acquisition of the necessary equipment, if there should arise a wish in a subsequent political agreement to establish more mobilisation units. The basic four month national service period will be maintained and will be focused towards identified tasks. Upon completion of national service, conscripts will be repatriated in units after which there will be a five year obligation for them to do a further six months of national service within the Total Defence Force. Together with the Home Guard, the Total Defence Force can be activated for additional training for security and force protection related tasks in crisis and war if deemed necessary. The Parties agree to implement the necessary legislative changes that will ensure that the Total Defence Force could be mobilised, also with a view to call in former employees if such a need should occur. National service will be preserved and it ensures that the Armed Forces’ need for conscripts can be met. Today, approximately 98 percent of the conscripts join on a voluntary basis. The Parties agree that additional recruitment efforts should be made to encourage as many conscripts as possible to continue to volunteer, and more resources will therefore be allocated for the promotion and better information about national service. The Parties agree that recruitment efforts will be intensified if the overall share of volunteers fall. The Minister of Defence will put forward legislation with a view to granting dispensation from national service for individuals who were enrolled for conscription before 2010 and who subsequently have had their national service postponed vis-à-vis the provisions in the conscription act. The Minister of Defence is authorised to increase the intake, in case of a changed need for conscripts in the defence during the agreement period. Home Guard Collective defence requires Denmark together with NATO allies to be able to support and defend for instance the Baltic countries. It also means that Denmark could become a staging area for reinforcements from our NATO allies that we would have to receive and protect. A requirement to do so would be a well-functioning Home Guard and a strong Total Defence Force that could assist in receiving NATO units on Danish territory and provide the necessary host nation support in addition to securing Danish infrastructure (harbours, bridges, airports etc.). The Home Guard’s ability to mobilise will be strengthened: - In an extraordinary situation, the Total Defence Force and the Home Guard could together mobilise approximately 20,000 troops. The establishment of the Total Defence Force takes place in the framework of the Home Guard. The possibilities for further increasing the recruitment to the Home Guard with conscripts after their completion of national service will be explored. Defence and Home Guard reservists (up to approximately 4,000), who are not already assigned for specific tasks within the Armed Forces, will be included. A prioritised modernising of the Home Guard’s equipment is initiated, so that the Home Guard’s ability to solve security and protection tasks is strengthened. Under this Agreement the foundation for deciding the Home Guard’s future flotilla organisation will be established with a view to replacing the vessels belonging to the Naval Home Guard by 2023. A pilot project will be carried out regarding smaller, faster ships.