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 around 5.9 million...
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...
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 Emperor Wilhelm II's...
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...
Dinner for two! A British and a German officer call for more participation in the dialogue. The publication of the declaration of intent by the Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jan C. Kaack, sparked a discussion between two officers. In an attempt to promote an exchange of views and involve young officers in the public dialogue,...
Are convoys across the Atlantic to supply Europe a thing of the past? An interview with Frigate Captain Steffen Lange, Head of the Naval Shipping Management Department. It is a good tradition that the day of the Maritime Convention is also the day on which the Naval Command's annual report is published. To be more precise: "Facts and figures on the maritime dependency of the...
You read the headline "4-day week in the navy!" This causes confusion. Our minister, Boris Pistorius, our inspector general, General Carsten Breuer, and our naval inspector, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, keep mentioning it: "Just do it!" And they also say that the existing regulations and directives can be exhausted.
Turning point, return to national and alliance defence. This means that the navy must once again be able to hold its own in high-intensity combat. An important component in achieving this goal is the Multidimensional Naval Warfare Training Centre of Operational Flotilla 2. "Good morning crew, today is Thursday, Weekly War! 'Ginger' is not going to make it easy for us today. But...
The MSM assembly hall is simultaneously a place of learning, a meeting place and the "living room" of the Navy. The current redesign harmonises past and present. Over eight years ago, the then Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Andreas Krause, posed the question in a named article in marineforum as to whether German naval history since 1956...
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