Category: Armed Forces

We are not playing the cards right

We are not playing the cards right

Gepostet von | 17 Apr 2024 | , , | 0

"Personnel shortage in the Bundeswehr!", "Things are looking bleak!" That's what you read everywhere. A reason to visit the head of the Wilhelmshaven career centre. Frigate Captain Christian Clausing can be found at Rheinstraße 47, an old naval address in Wilhelmshaven. Wide corridors, typical Bundeswehr notice boards, well-known navy pictures and a friendly atmosphere. The interviewer is also in a good mood, although terms such as a shortage of applicants and a shortage of skilled labour should actually make you expect a serious face. But Clausing has long been familiar with the field, having been a personnel officer in Operational Flotilla 2 before his time as Commander of Karlsruhe, and he thinks of solutions and speaks plainly. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user?...

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Singapore: a city state with an impressive navy

Singapore: a city state with an impressive navy

Gepostet von | 24 Mar 2024 | , , | 0

Thanks to a prospering economy, small Singapore can afford a sizeable maritime defence force. And it has further ambitions. The island city-state of Singapore is the smallest country in Southeast Asia in terms of area. The multi-ethnic state - officially known as the Republic of Singapore - has an area of 734.3 square kilometres. It has a population of around 5.9 million and is economically and technologically advanced. With a per capita gross domestic product of around USD 133,000 in 2023, Singapore ranks third in the world. Singapore's total gross domestic product of USD 753,273 billion puts it in 38th place. Around 4.9 per cent of this is spent on the armed forces....

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Northern Coasts 2023: Strengthening the Baltic Sea Region together!

Northern Coasts 2023: Strengthening the Baltic Sea Region together!

Gepostet von | 13 Mar 2024 | , , | 0

In September, the naval exercise Northern Coasts 2023 took place in the Baltic Sea - the exercise was planned and led from the naval command by the German Maritime Forces Staff - Deu Marfor for short. It was a grey September morning when the screens in the operations centre of the naval command were switched off. Poor weather conditions in the Northern Coasts (Noco) exercise area, particularly in the coastal areas of Latvia and Estonia, led to the decision to end the manoeuvre two days earlier than planned. Up to this point, the multinational staff of Deu Marfor led Task Force 421, at this time still under Flotilla Admiral Stephan Haisch as Deputy...

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Marineschule Mürwik: Education binary

Marineschule Mürwik: Education binary

Gepostet von | 12 Mar 2024 | , , | 0

Steeped in history. Traditional. Time-honoured. These and similar terms are quickly associated with the alma mater of naval officers, the Mürwik Naval School (MSM). The "Red Castle by the Sea", built between 1907 and 1910 by building councillor Adalbert Kelm in the style of the Marienburg of the Teutonic Order according to the ideas of Emperor Wilhelm II, undoubtedly looks back on a long, albeit very eventful history. Every joint of the red brick building, which towers over the fjord in the east of the city of Flensburg, is brimming with historical references. After all, not only have all officers of the German navy been trained at this training centre since 1910 for their service in the...

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Carrier in mini format

Carrier in mini format

Gepostet von | 12 Feb 2024 | , , | 0

The San Giorgio class has enriched the Italian navy for three decades. Replacements are not to be procured until the 1930s. In addition to the two aircraft carriers Giuseppe Garibaldi and Cavour, the Italian Navy operates three smaller amphibious units of the San Giorgio class, which can be deployed in a variety of ways. Two ships - the San Giorgio and the San Marco - were put into service with the Marina Militare in 1988/89. A third ship with a slightly modified design named San Giusto followed in 1994. With dimensions of 133 metres in length, 20.5 metres in width, a draught of 5.25 metres and a displacement of around 8000 tonnes when fully loaded, the San Giorgio class ships are very...

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