Since 2009 the 1./WachBtl BMVg staff- and supply company has admitted female personnel. In the for Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg in March 2011, the first female soldier performed the role of torchbearer. Until the end of conscription in Germany in July 2011, about 80 percent of Wachbataillon's personnel were conscripts. The requirements for Wachbataillon personnel were relaxed to a body height ranging from up to , no visible visual aids and having a good general fitness. In March 2012 the first female officer took command of a platoon of the Wachbataillon.