Victoria Kietzmann was in charge of Teaching Group C at the Naval Academy for two years. In this portrait, she looks back on a varied time. Interview with Corvette Captain Victoria Kietzmann. A rainy summer's day at the Naval Academy. In the afternoon hours, calm returns to the teaching group. These are the first days...
The Tiger Meet has been an established NATO event for many years. A Sea Lynx from MFG 5 also took part, sporting a striking special livery. Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! - The battle cry of the participants at the NATO Tiger Meet 2024, which took place for the third time this year after 2004 and 2014, was...
The Navy is introducing two versions of the NH 90. This will replace the Sea King, which has proven its worth for decades, in Naval Air Wing 5 in the short term and the Sea Lynx on-board helicopter in the medium term. The recent operational readiness of the NH 90 Sea Lion marks the beginning of a new era at Marinefliegergeschwader 5 (MFG 5). With...
This year's Baltops manoeuvre took place in the Baltic Sea in June. This was the first time that the German Navy led a naval unit with multinational participation as a Commander Task Force. After two intensive weeks, the 53rd edition of the Baltic Operations manoeuvre, Baltops for short, came to an end on 20 June. This is the...
The striking Sea King has been flying for the German Navy since 1974. Over the past five decades, the helicopter has proven its flexibility and reliability - especially when rescuing people at sea. Hurricane-like storms with wind speeds of up to 160 kilometres per hour swept in from the Atlantic through the...
In recent years, the mountain of regulations in the Bundeswehr has continued to swell. It is the soldiers on board the ships and boats who suffer. A submarine driver needs a certain training course in order to maintain his professional usability. On arrival, it is discovered that one of the required company medical check-ups is no longer valid...
In view of the possibility of war again following the Russian attack in Ukraine, the concept of the frigate 125 seemed outdated to many. However, this modern class of ship recently proved its worth in the Mediterranean. On 20 October 2023, almost four years after it was commissioned, the frigate Baden-Württemberg set sail on its first mission....
US Navy pilots regularly have to renew their qualification to land on an aircraft carrier. Visit to one of the largest warships in the world. On the morning of 13 December 2022, the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN departs Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego and moves to the Pacific...
In a multipolar, rapidly changing world, the threats to our navy are also constantly changing. War-ready structures for the ships of Flotilla 2 are therefore essential. In a world characterised by constant change and increasing complexity, maritime armed forces are faced with the challenge of continuously adapting their structures in order to...
The German naval battalion has been working closely with the Royal Dutch Corps Mariniers for many years. Both sides have benefited from this. The German-Dutch naval cooperation has its roots in the early realisation of the growing "responsibility of the European alliance members to jointly formulate their special interests [vis-à-vis the USA]" and the "gap between the increasing...
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