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Review Saltwater Leadership, Second Edition

Review Saltwater Leadership, Second Edition

Gepostet von | 9 Sep 2021 | , | 0

Almost simultaneously with the article by K.z.S Nils Brandt, Commander SSS Gorch Fock, on the importance of sail training for prospective naval officers of the German Navy on 19 July 2021 in MarineForum Online, the second edition of Saltwater Leadership will be published by the U.S. Naval Institute in August this year. Written by highly experienced naval officers, it is intended to serve as a foundation for the first steps of prospective naval officers in the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marines, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Merchant Marine as leaders of subordinate personnel. It is deliberately written as a short, simple book, which is also divided into Five Minute Sentences of...

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Argentine Navy - The HEROINA in Puerto Belgrano

Argentine Navy - The HEROINA in Puerto Belgrano

Gepostet von | 8 Sep 2021 | , | 0

In Puerto Belgrano, Argentina's largest naval base about 700 kilometres south of Buenos Aires, shortly before Bahia Blanca, a ship has been "heroically" moored at the pier for ten years, unable to move under its own power: the Heriona is missing a crucial gearbox spare part from England! The four FK destroyers of the Almirante-Brown class (Meko 360 H2) built by Blohm+Voss in the early 1980s are the largest units in Argentina and are equipped with four gas turbines for propulsion. Two are connected to each shaft, and if they are not running for slow speed, nothing works! After the part was handed over to an English company for repair in 2010,...

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Sea Lynx: 40 years in service

Sea Lynx: 40 years in service

Gepostet von | 8 Sep 2021 | , , , , | 3

.....and suddenly the sky was black On 8 September 1981, the pre-command was set up, three weeks later the 3rd Flying & Technical Squadron Mk88. Or as it is correctly called today: Westland Sea Lynx Mk 88a. On 30 August, the naval aviators attracted a lot of attention. An "8-ship" formation flew over the partners in Wilhelmshaven. Of course, a special greeting went to the Einsatzflottille 2 and the formation was noticed on the ground in the run-up to the 40th Sea Lynx anniversary. Astonishingly, there were 8 Lynx in the air, so together with the helicopters on the Bayern, there are already at least...

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Fuel tanker "Spessart" supports NATO task force

Fuel tanker "Spessart" supports NATO task force

Gepostet von | 7 Sep 2021 | , , , | 0

Today, the fuel tanker "Spessart", under the command of Captain Rolf-Heinrich von Bebern (55), is leaving the naval port of Kiel to join the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) in the Aegean. Once in the operational area, the civilian-crewed fleet tanker "Spessart" will support the frigate "Schleswig-Holstein", which had already set off for the Mediterranean in mid-August. The main task of the fuel tanker "Spessart" will be refuelling and supplying the other ships of SNMG 2 with fresh water and fuel. After setting sail, the crew will go on an exercise in the North Sea before starting their voyage in mid-September.

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Egyptian Navy - Navbase Gargoub inaugurated

Egyptian Navy - Navbase Gargoub inaugurated

Gepostet von | 7 Sep 2021 | , , | 0

At the beginning of July in Gargoub, halfway from Alexandria to the Libyan border, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated a 1000 metre long deep-water (14 m) harbour pier as the largest national naval base, TKMS in Kiel handed over the S 44 submarine, the fourth of the 209/1400 mod type, to the Egyptian Navy. They replace the four boats of the outdated Romeo class that were taken over from China in the 1980s and converted to American Sub-Harpoon and Mk37 wire-guided torpedoes. In April, Egypt also became the 34th member of the Combined Maritime Force (CMF), the three Coalition Task Forces that have been in existence since 2002.

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