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Frigate Bayern back at home

Frigate Bayern back at home

Gepostet von | 18 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

Earlier than planned The storm depression Ylenia accompanied the Bavarians on the last nautical miles before entering the harbour, which was planned for 4 p.m. today. In order to avoid the even more dangerous storm depression Zeynep, the decision was made at short notice to reach the 4th entrance earlier. At 2.30 p.m. the time had come: to the sound of the Naval Music Corps, the frigate docked back in its home port after 43,000 nautical miles. Celebrities were on board. The Parliamentary State Secretary from the Federal Ministry of Defence, Siemtje Möller, and the Deputy Inspector General of the German Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Markus Laubenthal, had already boarded the ship on the Jade for the arrival and had...

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Commander of the Fleet comments on the German Navy's commitment to the Alliance

Commander of the Fleet comments on the German Navy's commitment to the Alliance

Gepostet von | 18 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

From a press release by Rostock Naval Command: The Commander of the Fleet and Support Forces and Deputy to the Chief of Naval Operations, Rear Admiral Jan Christian Kaack (59), will take part in the Munich Security Conference (MSC) from 18 - 20 February 2022. The current security situation with a focus on the Ukraine/Russia crisis will be a key topic. In the run-up to this, Rear Admiral Kaack, who is also currently acting as the Inspector of the German Navy, spoke in an interview about the German Navy's commitment to the Alliance and answered three fundamental questions: 1. When you are asked by your counterparts at the MSC about the German Navy's commitment to...

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Propaganda for the youth

Propaganda for the youth

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At the beginning of the First World War, the small cruiser "Emden" was roaming the waters of Asia. After its sinking, Lieutenant Captain Hellmuth von Mücke led the crew back home in an adventurous way. During his lifetime, he rivalled the legendary "sea devil" Felix Graf von Luckner in popularity, and his experiences were filmed for television and cinema in 2012 by Berengar Pfahl under the title "The Men of the Emden": Kapitänleutnant Hellmuth von Mücke. Born on 25 June 1881 in Zwickau, like Count Luckner and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, he was one of the heroic figures of imperial Germany. The response to his odyssey was correspondingly great.

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Security is precaution - Commentary on the Russian-Ukrainian crisis

Security is precaution - Commentary on the Russian-Ukrainian crisis

Gepostet von | 18 Feb 2022 | , , , | 1

The saying "May you live in interesting times" is attributed to a Chinese proverb - and these are indeed interesting times in which we live! Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet has been in office for less than six months before the new teams in the Chancellery, Federal Foreign Office (AA) and Ministry of Defence (BMVg) have to navigate a serious security crisis in and for Europe in close coordination with the transatlantic and European allies. The media image is dominated by the Russian combat vehicles deployed in a horseshoe shape around eastern Ukraine. However, this is not the end of Moscow's military endeavours; they are...

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One Ocean Summit: 4 billion euros against plastic pollution

One Ocean Summit: 4 billion euros against plastic pollution

Gepostet von | 17 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

One Ocean Summit: Countries pledge €4 billion to combat marine plastic pollution The national banks of Germany, France and Spain, together with the European Investment Bank (EIB), have made a significant financial commitment of €4 billion by 2025 to develop the "Clean Oceans Initiative", which aims to identify practical ways to combat plastic waste in the sea. The "One Ocean Summit" took place from 9 to 11 February in the French port city of Brest. Experts, activists and politicians from 42 countries - including twenty heads of state, some of them from outside Europe - took part in forums and workshops on the topic of "Living in the...

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