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How the navy helps people to help themselves

How the navy helps people to help themselves

Gepostet von | 10 Jun 2024 | , , | 0

Differences and disputes are a major problem in everyday working life. This makes it all the more important to find a swift, amicable solution - with the help of conflict mediators. From superiors to confidential counsellors, equal opportunities officers and military chaplains to family members and friends - aren't there already enough bodies that help to resolve conflicts between members of the Bundeswehr? Does the Bundeswehr, does the Navy need another contact point and - if so - what can it do? In other words, is there even a problem with the Bundeswehr's current conflict management? If you ask the former military disciplinary lawyer and author of the book "Konfliktmanagement in der Bundeswehr", Matthias Schütte, the answer is...

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Turn five into eight  

Turn five into eight  

Gepostet von | 6 Jun 2024 | , , | 0

Boeing has received an order to build three more Poseidons. The future fleet of new maritime patrol aircraft for the German Navy will thus grow to eight units. The German Navy is replacing its P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft with P-8A Poseidon aircraft. As the manufacturer Boeing announced on 29 February, the US Navy has now ordered three more aircraft for delivery to the Bundeswehr as part of the Foreign Military Sales programme. This brings the total number of aircraft to be procured from five to eight. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Weiterlesen

Soldiers in the deep-diving pot

Soldiers in the deep-diving pot

Gepostet von | 27 May 2024 | , , | 0

Every submariner in the navy knows Neustadt in Holstein. For decades, the submariners have been training here for emergencies. The men wear swimming trunks and blue bathrobes. They walk across the tiled floor in slippers. The air in the building is warm and the water is around 30 degrees. But they are not going for a swim at eight o'clock in the morning on a Thursday, they are practising for an emergency. They are soldiers from the German Navy: seven submariners and their instructors. The location: the German Navy Emergency Response Training Centre, abbreviated to EAZS M. It is located in Neustadt in Holstein on the Baltic Sea. At the EAZS M, soldiers learn to fight fires on...

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Shipping history in the centre of Berlin

Shipping history in the centre of Berlin

Gepostet von | 24 May 2024 | , , | 0

Until the Second World War, the Museum of Oceanography built up an important collection of maritime exhibits. But war damage and the subsequent confiscation destroyed Kaiser Wilhelm II's dream. Yes, there really was such a thing - a museum of oceanography in the centre of Berlin, founded by the shipping enthusiast Kaiser Wilhelm II and at the time a must-see for every patriotic German. Now part of the collection of the German Museum of Technology and also represented with individual exhibits in the Military History Training Centre (WGAZ) in Flensburg-Mürwik, it was world-class at the time. It was opened on 5 March 1906 in the rooms of the Chemical Institute in...

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German Naval Yards: More than a shipyard!

German Naval Yards: More than a shipyard!

Gepostet von | 21 May 2024 | , , | 0

The shock caused by the death of owner Iskandar Safa was huge. Questions and rumours arose. Time for clarifying words. People know us, the German Naval Yards. The traditional shipyard on the Kiel Fjord with the iconic gantry crane. And yet very few people know who and what is behind the company! After the sad news, misinformation made the rounds. People mistakenly thought we had already been "sold". For us, this question didn't even arise, because it was and is clear to us: his son Akram, born and raised in the south of France and who has been running the business activities of his father's company for some time,...

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