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Frigate Bayern on Guam

Frigate Bayern on Guam

Gepostet von | 21 Oct 2021 | , , | 1

Following her week-long visit to Perth, Australia, the frigate BAYERN has entered the harbour of Guam as planned on her seven-month training cruise through the Indo-Pacific. During the 14-day transit, two bunker stops in Darwin/North Australia and Palau/Micronesia were planned in addition to smaller training sections with the navies of the nations on the route. Guam is the largest and southernmost island of the Mariana archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean and is a non-integrated territory of the United States of America. Here at the US Navy's naval base, the BAYERN is beginning a phase of closer cooperation with Germany's largest ally - this time on the...

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BAAINBw awards military history prize

BAAINBw awards military history prize

Gepostet von | 20 Oct 2021 | , , , | 0

On 14 October, Major General Gert Nultsch, Vice President of the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), presented the prize for military history and the history of military technology at a colloquium for young researchers in military history at the University of Potsdam, accompanied by music from the Bundeswehr Music Corps. With this award, the BAAINBw honours outstanding academic work in the fields of military history and the history of military technology. Since 2017, the award, including attractive prize money, has been presented every two years by the management of the BAAINBw based on the assessment of an expert commission consisting of seven renowned military historians and an engineer. This year, the first...

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Changing of the guard: Minehunting boat "Bad Bevensen" replaces "Homburg"

Changing of the guard: Minehunting boat "Bad Bevensen" replaces "Homburg"

Gepostet von | 19 Oct 2021 | , , | 1

On Thursday, 21 October 2021, the minehunting boat "Bad Bevensen" will leave its home port of Kiel at 10 am. The boat will be part of NATO's Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1) for the coming months. She replaces the "Homburg", which had already left Kiel on 14 July. Under the command of Corvette Captain Christopher Fenske (37), the 42-strong crew will set sail for Cuxhaven to join the NATO organisation there. The first part of the approximately six-month deployment will take the "Bad Bevensen" to the Baltic Sea. After a break at the turn of the year, the...

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